The leu closed at 4.4825/4.485 per euro, from 4.48/4.4815 per euro Wednesday.
It had opened at 4.477 per euro, but further depreciated, amid a negative sentiment in the region after the US Federal Reserve cut its monthly bond repurchase program by $10 billion. The US central bank’s massive cash injections have supported global markets over the past couple of years.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4806 versus the euro, a fresh low for the past three months. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.6% on the day to 3.2755 units.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 0.7%-1.2% a year.