The leu opened at 4.3455/4.3475 per euro and stayed below 4.35 per euro for the reminder of the session, unmoved by the 2011 gross domestic product data released in the morning.
Romanian economy expanded at an annualized rate of 2.5%, after a decline of 1.3% in the previous year, the statistics institute said.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3467 to the euro, barely changed on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.4% to 3.3047 units.
On the money market, overnight rates fell to 1.7%-2.2% a year, from 1.9%-2.4% a year Tuesday.