The leu opened at 4.250/4.2525 to the euro, compared to 4.2475/4.2495 at closing the day before.
Within the first hour, the leu continued its slow decline and, at around 10:10 local time (GMT0710), it was trading at 4.255/4.257 to the euro.
The central bank computed Wednesday the leu’s reference rate at 4.2609 to the euro, stronger than 4.2706 to the euro in the previous day.
On the money market Thursday morning, overnight rates eased down to 5.5%-6% a year.