Tuesday, the leu closed at 4.465/4.468 to the euro.
The local currency opened at 4.468/4.47 per euro and traded slightly above 4.47 per euro during early hours. At around noon, the leu strengthened to an intraday high of 4.4605 to the euro, but later lost ground again.
The central bank set the leu’s reference to 4.4637 per euro, a new record high in almost seven weeks. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative was 3.2348, little changed from 3.2351 Tuesday.
In the money market, overnight rates were flat at 1.6%-2.1% a year.