The leu closed at 4.247/4.25 per euro, from 4.245/4.247 per euro Wednesday.
It opened slightly up at 4.242/4.245 per euro and hit an early high of 4.2345 per euro. It then started to retreat and reached the day’s low at 4.26 per euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.2454 to the euro, weaker from 4.243 to the euro a day earlier.
On the money market, overnight rates were unchanged at 2.1%-2.6% a year.