By Anita Komuves BUDAPEST, May 23 (Reuters) – Central European currencies strengthened on Monday and most stocks in the region also rose, buoyed by a weaker dollar and positive mood in global markets. The euro rallied on Monday as investors sold the dollar on hopes that easing lockdowns in China could help global growth. A calmer mood in equity markets at the start of European trading also put pressure on the dollar. The Hungarian forint led the gains in the region, adding 0.71% to trade at 382.00 per euro. The forint outperformed as it recouped losses from last week when it plunged, pressured by uncertainty over the pace of central bank tightening and a Russian oil embargo, analysts said. traders. “The forint is buoyed by the international mood today and is tracking the zloty and the krone, but this strengthening is very fragile and could be reversed by any negative news,” said a trader. Takarekbank analysts wrote that “the forint is still influenced by several factors, including the international mood, the development of the war in Ukraine, news of the oil embargo and news of the funds of the European Union as well”. The forint is down 3.3% year-to-date, making it the worst performer in Central Europe. Elsewhere, the Polish zloty strengthened 0.24% to 4.6155, supported by expectations of further interest rate hikes as well as a possible deal on EU funds, Bank Millennium wrote. in a note. If the dollar continues to weaken against the euro, “the EUR/PLN exchange rate has a chance of approaching 4.60 in the coming days”, they write. The Czech koruna was up 0.38% and traded at 24.575 per euro. Most stocks in the region advanced, with Warsaw up 2.10% while the Budapest index was up 1.33% and Bucharest firmed 0.86%. Prague bucked the trend, weakening 0.91%. ECO SNAPSH AT MARKETS OT 1026 CET CURREN CIES Last daily change of the US supply at the close of 2022 EURCZK Czech 0 0% % EURHUF Hungary 00 00 % EURPLN Polish % EURRON Romania % % EURHRK Croatia % EURRSD Serbian 00 00 % % Note : calculated from 1800 daily CET change Last previous daily change we close change in 2022 .PX Prague 1331.1 1343.6 -0.93% 8 900 .BUX Budapest 42327. 41779. +1.31 -16.55 t 82 48 % % .WIG20 Warsaw <.wig20> 2 6% % .BETI Bucara 12149. 12045. +0.86 -6.98% st 06 95% .SBITO Ljublja <.sbito p na> 1 2% .CRBEX Zagreb <.crbex> 8 2%% .BELEX Belgrad <.belex e> .SOFIX Sofia <.sofix> Yield Yield Spread Daily (bid) exchange vs Bund exchange in Czech Republic spread CZ2YT= ps CZ5YT= 0 ps CZ10YT ps Poland PL2YT= 0 ps PL5YT= 0 ps PL10YT 0 ps FORWARD 3×6 6×9 9×12 3M interb ank Czech Hungary Poland Note: are for ask for prices ENG ******************************************* ********** ********* (Additional reporting by Pawel Florkiewicz in Warsaw; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)