The national currency opened at 4.46 against the euro, and ranged from a high of 4.4535 per euro and a low of 4.46 per euro throughout the day.
The Romanian leu slightly strengthened against the euro by midday Wednesday and the central bank’s reference barely rose 0.02% to 4.4542 units, from 4.4551 units a day before, when it reached the lowest rate in the last five weeks.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.1595 units, slightly down from 4.1501 Tuesday. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.37% on the day to a record low of 4.0041 units.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 0.26%-0.65%, from 0.27%-0.66% the previous day.