Elsewhere in the region, the Polish zloty was losing 0.6% versus the euro, while the Hungary’s forint was down 1.2% on the day, after the European Central Bank voiced opposition against banks accepting losses on sovereign debts.
The leu opened higher at 4.304/4.306 per euro, from 4.313/4.315 per euro at Wednesday’s closing, but further retreated, hitting the day’s low of 4.322 per euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3148 to the euro, stronger on the day. Against the US dollar, however, the leu’s reference lost 0.4% to 3.1455 units.
On the money market, overnight rates fell slightly to 5%-5.5% a year, from 5.2%-5.7% a year in the previous day.