* Currencies little changed in thin year-end trade
* Zloty touch off one-month highs, BGK bank still in market
* Polish finmin to publish Q1 debt supply at 1100 GMT
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WARSAW, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The Polish zloty briefly touched a one-month high on Thursday, lifted mainly by state-owned BGK bank's continued selling of euros in the spot market, while other east European currencies were broadly steady in thin year-end trade.
Market sources have told Reuters over the past week that Poland's state-owned BGK bank was offering euros in the market.
"BGK is likely to rule in the market until the end of the year," said one Warsaw-based dealer. "The local support level is 3.96 to the euro."
By 0928 GMT the zloty was 0.2 percent weaker against the euro and a touch off a previous high of 3.957 to the euro in thin trade.
BGK can convert euros into zlotys on its own behalf or on behalf of the finance ministry, which needs to exchange European Union funds. But the bank's presence in the market has a psychological effect, dealers say.
Traders expect the ministry to exchange euros through the market as part of efforts to avoid breaching key public debt levels at the end of this year.
Under Polish law, if public debt breaches 55 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), the government is required to make painful spending cuts in future years.
The Czech crown <EURCZK=> and Romania's leu <EURRON=> were virtually flat, while Hungary's forint <EURHUF=> was 0.3 percent weaker.
The zloty has firmed some 3.0 percent since the end of November and is almost 4 percent up since the start of the year. The Czech crown <EURCZK=> is also a gainer this year, up some 4.4 percent mainly on the back of the country's solid economic fundamentals and relatively healthy fiscal outlook.
By contrast, Hungary's forint <EURHUF=> and Romania's leu <EURRON=> have respectively lost some 3.2 percent and 1.5 percent of their value in 2010 amid political tensions and uncertainty over their fiscal outlooks.
Data from the National Bank of Hungary showed the country's current account surplus stood at 477 million euros in the third quarter, more than analysts' forecasts. [
]The Polish bond market was quiet on Thursday, with dealers awaiting debt supply details for the first quarter of 2011 at 1100 GMT.
In Hungary, the government's debt agency will offer 45 billion forints in bonds, with results expected at 1030 GMT. --------------------------MARKET SNAPSHOT-------------------- Currency Latest Previous Local Local
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today in 2010 Czech crown <EURCZK=> 25.304 25.31 +0.02% +4.01% Polish zloty <EURPLN=> 3.969 3.962 -0.18% +3.4% Hungarian forint <EURHUF=> 279.81 279.09 -0.26% -3.38% Croatian kuna <EURHRK=> 7.382 7.383 +0.01% -0.99% Romanian leu <EURRON=> 4.297 4.298 +0.02% -1.39% Serbian dinar <EURRSD=> 105.55 105.38 -0.16% -9.16% Yield Spreads Czech treasury bonds <0#CZBMK=> 2-yr T-bond CZ2YT=RR -14 basis points to 85bps over bmk* 7-yr T-bond CZ7YT=RR -1 basis points to +98bps over bmk* 10-yr T-bond CZ9YT=RR +2 basis points to +99bps over bmk* Polish treasury bonds <0#PLBMK=> 2-yr T-bond PL2YT=RR +4 basis points to +385bps over bmk* 5-yr T-bond PL5YT=RR +7 basis points to +363bps over bmk* 10-yr T-bond PL10YT=RR +4 basis points to +302bps over bmk* The P Hungarian treasury bonds <0#HUBMK=> 3-yr T-bond HU3YT=RR +2 basis points to +669bps over bmk* 5-yr T-bond HU5YT=RR +5 basis points to +600bps over bmk* 10-yr T-bond HU10YT=RR +4 basis points to +502bps over bmk* *Benchmark is German bond equivalent. All data taken from Reuters at 1028 CET. Currency percent change calculated from the daily domestic close at 1600 GMT.
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