 Central European currencieswere little changed before central bank meetings in the CzechRepublic and Hungary next week and a meeting of European Unionleaders on a 750 billion-euro stimulus programme later onFriday. The National Bank of Hungary is expected to leave interestrates unchanged next Tuesday, according to a Reuters poll ofanalysts. The statement after the meeting could give markets anindication about whether a change in leadership has any effecton monetary policy, CIB Bank said in a note. Former Deputy Governor Nagy unexpectedly resigned from theNBH last month. The parliament held a confirmation hearing onJune 9 for Barnabas Virag, the nominee for deputy governor. Expectations of a rate cut have fallen in Prague. The CzechNational Bank has cut by 200 basis points since March to put thebase rate at 0.25. Dealers noted strong demand ata t-bill auction on Thursday. Together with the short end of the curve dropping by acouple of points, this may suggest that some market participantsare still expecting a cut sooner or later in 2020, KomercniBanka trader Marek Lesko said in a note. The Czech central bank meets next Wednesday. The Polish central bank left rates unchanged on Wednesdayafter cutting rates to near zero in May. Markets are also paying attention to negotiations of EUleaders on Friday, who hope to agree an unprecedented 750billion-euro stimulus programme. Any signals of agreement would be todays source of bettermoods and an argument for a slight strengthening of the zloty,Bank Millennium said, pointing out that the original proposal. Hungary is likely to support the EUs rescue plan, PrimeMinister Viktor Orban said on Friday. Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic last weekedged towards backing the EU plan but said it should not favourlarger, richer states or hurt smaller ones that had managed theoutbreak well. Stock markets in the region gained, with Pragues equities up 0.75 on the day and leading gains in the region. CEE SNAPSHO AT MARKETS T 1106 CET CURRENC IES Latest Previou Daily Change s bid close change in 2020 EURCZK Czech EURHUF Hungary 0 0 EURPLN Polish EURRON Romanian EURHRK Croatian EURRSD Serbian 0 0 Note: calculated from 1800 daily CET change STOCKS Latest Previou Daily Change s close change in 2020 .PX Prague 935.23 928.280 0.75 -16.17 0 .BUX Budapest 37743.1 37487.4 0.68 -18.10 3 6 .WIG20 Warsaw .WIG20 1799.85 1795.86 0.22 -16.29 .BETI Buchares 8739.50 8707.90 0.36 -12.41 t .SBITO Ljubljan .SBITO 851.73 855.84 -0.48 -8.01 P a P .CRBEX Zagreb .CRBEX 1639.45 1636.88 0.16 -18.74 .BELEX Belgrade .BELEX 675.52 674.13 0.21 -15.74 15 15 .SOFIX Sofia .SOFIX 459.04 459.09 -0.01 -19.20 BONDS Yield Yield Spread Daily bid change vs Bund change in Czech spread Republic CZ2YT 2-year s CZ5YT 5-year s CZ10YT s Poland PL2YT 2-year s PL5YT 5-year s PL10YT s FRA 3x6 6x9 9x12 3M interba nk Czech Hungary Poland Note: FRA quotes are for ask prices Additional reporting by Jason Hovet in Prague and Alan Charlish in Warsaw; editing by Larry King 