The leu closed at 4.513/4.5165 per euro, down 0.3% from 4.4995/4.5 per euro at Wednesday close.
The leu opened down at 4.51 per euro, but further lost ground and hit an intraday low of 4.5255 to the euro.
The central bank’s reference weakened 0.7% to 4.5239 units, the lowest rate in three weeks. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 1.1% to 3.304 units.
In the money market, overnight rates fell sharply for the second consecutive day to 0.4%-0.9% a year.