BUDAPEST, July 7 (Reuters) - Central European stocks slid and currencies were mixed on Monday as the U.S. dollar hovered near multi-year lows and investors focused on the countdown to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff deadline.

Most U.S. trade partners face the prospect of much steeper duties after the 90-day moratorium on Trump's "Liberation Day" reciprocal tariffs ends on Wednesday. Trump clarified on Sunday that the new rates would take effect from August 1.

Warsaw's stocks .WIG20 were 0.22% lower while Budapest's equities .BUX slid 0.08%. Prague's stock index .PX lost 0.28% while Bucharest .BETI eased 0.3%.

"The focus will be mainly on the U.S. trade story and Wednesday's deadlines," ING wrote in a note.

"In general, however, CEE currencies should not be the main ones exposed and the shield from a stronger EUR should protect the region from a possible risk-off sentiment," they wrote.

The Polish zloty EURPLN= slid 0.2% to trade at 4.2505 per euro, near levels where it stabilised at the end of last week after a surprise central bank rate cut and mixed signals from the Polish central bank on future interest rate decisions.

On Thursday, the head of the National Bank of Poland, Adam Glapinski, said the July 25-basis-point cut in Polish interest rates was not the start of a policy-easing cycle, but did not rule out further easing in September if conditions permit.

"The coming week is basically empty in terms of data, so the domestic market will follow global trends," Bank Pekao wrote.

"The most likely scenario is the stabilisation of the zloty at its current level, among other things due to the looser expected monetary policy," they said.

The Czech crown EURCZK= was flat against the euro at 24.615 after edging higher to a fresh one-year high of 24.5990 in early trading.

It has been firming since last week, bolstered by comments from Ales Michl, governor at the Czech central bank, who said that interest rates would likely remain at the current level "for some time".

"The acceleration of inflation, particularly core inflation, now strongly suggests continued unchanged interest rates, in particular at the August and September board meetings," Commerzbank wrote in a note.

The Romanian leu EURRON= slid 0.09% to trade at 5.0636 per euro as investors awaited a central bank rate meeting scheduled for Tuesday.

The Hungarian forint EURHUF= slid 0.29% to trade at 399.6 to the euro, trading within its recent tight range.

CEE MARKETS SNAPSHOT AT 1052 CET
CURRENCIES		Latest trade	Previous close	Daily change	Change in 2025
Czech crown	EURCZK=	24.6150	24.6190	+0.02%	+2.41%
Hungary forint	EURHUF=	399.6000	398.4500	-0.29%	+2.96%
Polish zloty	EURPLN=	4.2505	4.2420	-0.20%	+0.62%
Romanian leu	EURRON=	5.0636	5.0590	-0.09%	-1.72%
Serbian dinar	EURRSD=	117.0800	117.1500	+0.06%	-0.11%
Note: daily change calculated from 1800 CET
STOCKS		Latest	Previous close	Daily change	Change in 2025
Prague	.PX	2146.07	2151.8700	-0.27%	+21.92%
Budapest	.BUX	99434.27	99589.80	-0.16%	+25.35%
Warsaw	.WIG20	2854.44	2864.98	-0.37%	+30.22%
Bucharest	.BETI	18559.41	18614.05	-0.29%	+11.00%
BONDS		Yield (bid)	Yield change	Spread vs Bund	Daily change in spread
Czech Rep 2-year	CZ2YT=RR	3.4870	-0.0350	+167bps	-4bps
Czech Rep 5-year	CZ5YT=RR	3.7770	0.0020	+165bps	-1bps
Czech Rep 10-year	CZ10YT=RR	4.2090	0.0030	+163bps	-1bps
Poland 2-year	PL2YT=RR	4.3740	0.0580	+256bps	+6bps
Poland 5-year	PL5YT=RR	4.8080	-0.0100	+268bps	-2bps
Poland 10-year	PL10YT=RR	5.2940	-0.0160	+272bps	-3bps
FORWARD RATE AGREEMENTS		3x6	6x9	9x12	3M interbank
Czech Rep	CZKFRA, PRIBOR=	3.49	3.45	3.41	3.49
Poland	PLNFRA, WIBOR=	4.57	4.14	3.79	5.07
Note: FRA quotes are for ask prices

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(Reporting by Anita Komuves in Budapest and Karol Badohal in Warsaw; editing by Barbara Lewis)

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