Wednesday, the leu closed at 4.352/4.354 per euro. The market was closed Thursday for the National Day holiday.
The national currency opened flat on the day at traded near 4.35 to the euro in the first half of the session. It later started to retreat and traded just shy of 4.36 per euro until closing.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3535 to the euro, barely changed on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 1.5% to 3.2278 units.
On the money market, overnight rates were flat at 5.5%-6% a year.