* Forint bolstered by mood in emerging markets - dealers     * Relief at Orban's no comment on currency     * Shares in OTP bank fall, then rebound      By Sandor Peto     BUDAPEST, April 8 (Reuters) - Hungary's forint lifted to 9-week highs against the euro on Tuesday, bolstered by rises in other emerging markets and relief the prime minister had said nothing to add to concerns he wanted a weaker currency in his first comments since his re-election.     Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Monday's news conference the government would retain its heavy taxes on banks which helped Hungary stabilize its budget but critics said hindered lending and economic recovery.     But that statement was expected and Hungarian shares recovered after an initial weak opening that was weighed down by an overnight fall is U.S. equities.     Stocks in OTP  
  OTPB.BU
  , Hungary's biggest commercial bank, initially fell by nearly one percent, but were back at 4,360 forints at 0832 GMT, firmer by 0.2 percent on the day. The main index  
  .BUX
   was flat.     Bucharest shares firmed after Romania's finance minister promised tax cuts.  
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       The overall sentiment in the region's markets was positive, indicated by a 0.8 percent surge of the forint  
  EURHUF=
   to 9-week highs against the euro, dealers said. It was bid at 304.5 at 0834 GMT.      Poland's zloty  
  EURPLN=
   and Romania's leu  
  EURRON=
   firmed 0.2 percent.     The Orban government and the central bank had looked tolerant to forint weakness in the past months. But Orban declined to comment on the currency at his news conference, saying that forint policy was in the realm of the central bank.     The forint has been Central Europe's most volatile currency as Hungary has the region's highest debt at about 80 percent of output. Dealers said it outperformed all of the region's currencies on Tuesday tracking a rise of the Turkish lira.     Orban's key task will be cutting unemployment and reversing a rise in social discontent, indicated by a strong showing by the far right Jobbik party at the elections. Data released on Tuesday showed an 8.1 percent annual rise in industrial output, more than analysts' 6.1 percent consensus forecast.  
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      "The forint firming was caused by the Turkish lira's rise and the sentiment in emerging markets rather than any extra news," one Budapest-based currency dealer said.    Polish dealers said a possible escalation of neighbouring Ukraine's conflict with Russia, which weighed on the region's assets in February and March, remained a risk to the zloty.                         CEE MARKETS SNAPSHOT AT 1034 CET  ************************** CURRENCIES ************************                              Latest  Previous   Daily   Change                              bid     close      change  in 2014  Czech crown      
  EURCZK=
     27.397    27.394   -0.01%  -0.24%  Hungarian forint 
  EURHUF=
    304.500   306.810  +0.76%  -2.47%  Polish zloty     
  EURPLN=
      4.164     4.174   +0.24%  -0.34%  Romanian leu     
  EURRON=
      4.456     4.463  +0.17%  +0.10%  Croatian kuna    
  EURHRK=
      7.636     7.633    -0.04%  -0.24%  Serbian dinar    
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    115.390   115.300    -0.08%   -0.77%  Note: daily change calculated from previous close at 1600 GMT  **************************** STOCKS **************************                              Latest  Previous   Daily   Change                                      close      change  in 2014  Prague             
  .PX
       1004.07    1013.31   -0.91% +1.74%  Budapest          
  .BUX
     18094.49  18109.58    -0.08%   -1.31%  Warsaw          
  .WIG20
      2456.74   2453.35   +0.14% +2.18%  Bucharest        
  .BETI
      6478.44   6461.88  +0.26%  +0.01%  ***************************** BONDS **************************                          Yield    Yield    Spread    Daily                          (bid)    change   vs Bund   change in  Czech Republic                                      spread    2-year    
  CZ2YT=RR
     0.364    -0.074   +19bps     -8bps    5-year    
  CZ5YT=RR
     1.076    +0.007   +46bps      0bps   10-year   
  CZ10YT=RR
     2.120    -0.001   +58bps     0bps  ******************* FORWARD RATE AGREEMENTS ******************                               3x6     6x9    9x12  3M interbank  Czech Rep  
  CZKFRA
   
  PRIBOR=
    0.390   0.470  0.390   0.37  Hungary    
  HUFFRA
   
  BUBOR=
     2.750   2.920  3.170   2.66  Poland     
  PLNFRA
   
  WIBOR=
     2.740   2.740  2.820   2.72  Note: FRA quotes are for ask prices  **************************************************************    (Reporting by Reuters bureaus)  ((sandor.peto@thomsonreuters.com)(+36 1 327 4744)(Reuters Messaging: sandor.peto.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))  
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