Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative dropped 1.2% to 2.96 units, from 2.9244 units Wednesday.
The leu opened flat at 4.224/4.2265 per euro and further gained modest ground, hitting an early high of 4.2215 per euro. It later changed trend, tracking the currencies in the region, and at around 13:00 hours traded at 4.2295/4.2315 per euro.
Elsewhere in the region, the Polish zloty was losing 0.3% against the euro, while the Hungary’s forint was down 0.5%.
On the money market, overnight rates fell slightly to 5.6%-6.1% a year, from 5.8%-6.3% a year Wednesday.