Wednesday, the leu closed at 4.348/4.3495 to the euro.
The national currency opened flat on the day at traded in narrow ranges in the first half of the session. It hit the day’s low of 4.3565 per euro toward closing.
Elsewhere in the region, the leu’s peers were losing around 0.3% versus the euro Thursday afternoon, as repeated delays regarding a new bailout for troubled Greece and a warning of more credit eurozone cuts from Moody’s have dampened investor appetite.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate at 4.3497 units, slightly weaker on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 1.24% to 3.3457 units.
On the money market, overnight rates were flat at 1.7%-2.2% a year.