In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.4405/4.4425 against the euro, from 4.4516 per euro at Wednesday close. It ranged from a high of 4.442 per euro and a low of 4.447 per euro.
On international markets, at around 10:30 local time, the Swiss franc was down 0.1% and traded at 0.9513 units against the euro.
The leu lost ground versus the euro by midday Wednesday and the Romanian central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.442 units, down 0.11% from 4.437 in the previous day.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.2388 units, slightly up from 4.2451 Tuesday. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 0.08% on the day to 3.927 units.