The leu opened at 4.3945/4.397 per euro, barely changed from 4.394/4.395 per euro at Wednesday close. It fluctuated marginally throughout the session, between a low of 4.3975 per euro and a high of 4.3925 per euro.

Trading volume was low, with just 70 transactions made, down from 80 transactions Wednesday.

Elsewhere in the region Thursday afternoon, the Hungarian forint was gaining 0.5% versus the euro, while the Polish zloty won 0.25%.

The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3934 to the euro, a fresh record high in the past 10 months. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 0.1% on the day to 3.2269 units.

In the money market, overnight rates were at 1.9%-2.4% a year.

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