Romania - Factors to watch on June 20

BUCHAREST, June 20 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Romanian financial markets on Wednesday.

EU PRESIDENCY

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila meets legislators to discuss Romania's priorities for the European Union rotating presidency from Jan. 1, 2019.

WHEAT TENDER

Egypt's state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Tuesday it bought 240,000 tonnes of Romanian wheat in an international tender. GASC did not provide further details about the purchase.

CEE MARKETS

The forint sharply rebounded from a 3-year low to the euro on Tuesday after the Hungarian central bank (NBH) set a time frame for the first time for ending its six-year-old loose policy.

The bank kept interest rates at record lows, but said that "the current loose monetary conditions can no longer prevail up to the end of the 5 to 8-quarter horizon of monetary policy".

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