By Anita Komuves BUDAPEST, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Most Central European currencies edged lower on Tuesday as markets eyed government reactions to rising coronavirus infections and waited to see whether the European Central Bank would announce more easing measures later this week. Governments in central Europe are trying to avoid the harshest lockdown measures and want to keep industry running to protect their economies, which suffered during the first wave of coronavirus in the spring. "Investors are waiting to see how badly the second wave will hit the region," a Budapest-based FX trader said. "Even with looser lockdown measures than in the spring, economies will be affected as Christmas fairs are being cancelled and factories could shut down for a bit longer than usual." The Hungarian forint held stable, trading at 365.110 versus the euro. The Czech crown slid 0.14% to 27.358 per euro, weakening toward recent lows hit earlier this month after the government ordered a 9 p.m. curfew and limited retail sales on Sundays. "If the lockdown was to be intensified again soon, EUR-CZK might return to the highs seen in spring," Commerzbank wrote. The Czech National Bank will not "sit idle" if the crown depreciated too much, although that is not expected, Governor Jiri Rusnok said on Tuesday. The Polish zloty eased 0.28% and was trading at 4.5880 versus the euro. The country introduced new restrictions last week, closing bars and restaurants, to stop the rapid spread of new coronavirus cases. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday that the government plans to use 1.8 billion to 2 billion zlotys ($980.82 million) to support businesses forced to close. Stock markets in the region recovered some of their losses on Tuesday after weakening in the global risk-off mood the day before, but sentiment remained fragile. Warsaw's equities led gains, rising 0.67% by 0939 GMT. Budapest's stocks edged up 0.05% and Prague's blue- chip index strengthened 0.32%. Bucharest slid 0.07%. CEE SNAPSHO AT MARKETS T 1039 CET CURRENC IES Latest Previous Daily Change bid close change in 2020 EURCZK= Czech <EURCZK= 27.3580 27.3200 -0.14% -7.04% crown > EURHUF= Hungary <EURHUF= 365.110 365.1500 +0.01 -9.30% forint > 0 % EURPLN= Polish <EURPLN= 4.5880 4.5750 -0.28% -7.23% zloty > EURRON= Romanian <EURRON= 4.8735 4.8725 -0.02% -1.75% leu > EURHRK= Croatian <EURHRK= 7.5750 7.5785 +0.05 -1.71% kuna > % EURRSD= Serbian <EURRSD= 117.500 117.6000 +0.09 +0.06% dinar > 0 % Note: calculated from 1800 daily CET change Latest Previous Daily Change close change in 2020 .PX Prague 863.01 860.2700 +0.32 -22.64% % .BUX Budapest 33030.1 33012.62 +0.05 -28.32% 8 % .WIG20 Warsaw 1642.55 1631.66 +0.67 -23.61% % .BETI Buchares 8744.49 8750.75 -0.07% -12.36% t .SBITOP Ljubljan <.SBITOP 802.93 808.82 -0.73% -13.28% a > .CRBEX Zagreb 1587.63 1589.06 -0.09% -21.30% .BELEX1 Belgrade <.BELEX1 688.87 692.37 -0.51% -14.07% 5 5> .SOFIX Sofia 428.55 429.72 -0.27% -24.57% Yield Yield Spread Daily (bid) change vs change Bund in Czech spread Republic CZ2YT=R 2-year <CZ2YT=R 0.0370 -0.0120 +079b -1bps R R> ps CZ5YT=R 5-year <CZ5YT=R 0.5810 -0.0130 +136b +0bps R R> ps CZ10YT= <CZ10YT= 1.0110 -0.0300 +160b -2bps RR 10-year RR> ps Poland PL2YT=R 2-year <PL2YT=R -0.0250 -0.0260 +073b -2bps R R> ps PL5YT=R 5-year <PL5YT=R 0.4560 -0.0160 +123b +0bps R R> ps PL10YT= <PL10YT= 1.2100 -0.0070 +180b +1bps RR 10-year RR> ps FORWARD 3x6 6x9 9x12 3M interba nk Czech 0.27 0.23 0.25 0.35 Rep <PRIBOR= > Hungary 0.93 0.97 1.00 0.77 Poland 0.18 0.15 0.13 0.22 Note: are for ask FRA prices quotes ********************************************* ***************** ($1 = 3.8743 zlotys) (Additional reporting by Jason Hovet in Prague, editing by Larry King)