In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.412/4.413 against the euro, from 4.409 per euro at Wednesday close. It ranged from a high of 4.4081 per euro and a low of 4.4139 per euro.
On international markets, at around 10:30 local time, the Swiss franc traded at 0.9529 units against the euro.
The Romanian leu gained ground versus the Swiss franc by midday Wednesday and the Romanian central bank’s reference rose 0.7% to 4.1611 units per Swiss franc.
The leu lost 0.14% against the euro, and the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4081 units.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 0.68% on the day to 3.8507 units.