Hungarian Forint Rises Against Euro After Poland Sets Euro Date

By Yon Pulkrabek

Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The Hungarian forint rose against the euro, tracking gains by the zloty, after Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the government's goal is to adopt Europe's common currency in 2011.

The forint climbed as much as 0.9 percent to 238.07 per euro and was at 239.83 as of 3:25 p.m. in Budapest, from 240.20 yesterday.

To contact the reporters on this story: Yon Pulkrabek in Prague at ypulkrabek@bloomberg.net;