The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.1623 units, up from 4.1895 Tuesday. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.07% on the day to 3.9079 units.
The leu opened at 4.455/4.4565 per euro, weaker than 4.4486 to the euro at Tuesday close.
At around 1:00 local time, on the local market, the leu traded at 4.4495/4.4515 to the euro while the Swiss franc traded flat at 0.935 units against the euro on international markets.
The Swiss franc touched record highs on the Romanian market starting with January 15, after it gained nearly 30% against the euro following Swiss National Bank’s decision to scrap the minimum exchange rate ceiling against the euro.
In the money market, overnight rates were stable at 0.17%-0.51%.