Elsewhere in the region, the Polish zloty was losing 0.2% versus the euro, while the Hungary’s forint was down 0.7%.
The leu opened flat on the day and gained some ground in early session, but started to decline in the afternoon, trading above 4.23 per euro for the last part of the day.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.2306 to the euro, almost 0.2% weaker on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative dropped 1.2% to 2.96 units, from 2.9244 units Wednesday.
On the money market, overnight rates fell slightly to 5.6%-6.1% a year, from 5.8%-6.3% a year in the previous session.