It opened modestly lower at 4.333 per euro and gained some ground in the morning, hitting an early high of 4.32 per euro. It then traded near 4.3 per euro for the reminder of the session.
Elsewhere in the region, the leu’s peers were advancing up to 1.2% versus the euro, after the EU leaders announced new measures to fight off the sovereign debt crisis, including a substantial cut in Greece’s debt and boosting the continent’s bailout fund to EUR1 trillion.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3288 to the euro, slightly weaker on the day. Against the US dollar, however, the leu’s indicative gained 0.4% to 3.0897 units.
On the money market, overnight rates were flat at 5.2%-5.7% a year.