The leu closed at 4.3415/4.343 per euro, from 4.344/4.346 per euro a day earlier.
The leu opened slightly lower on the day at 4.346/4.349 per euro and traded near 4.34 per euro in the first half of the session. In the afternoon, the leu appreciated to a high of 4.338 per euro, following better-than-expected data in the US that showed last week unemployment dropped to the lowest level in the past three and half years.
Elsewhere in the region, the Hungary’s forint was gaining 0.8% versus the euro, while the Polish zloty was up 0.6%.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3422 to the euro, slightly weaker on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative dropped for the fifth session in a row to 3.3423 units, the lowest rate since September last year.
On the money market, overnight rates were at 5.2%-5.7% a year, down from 5.4%-5.9% a year Wednesday.