In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.4385/4.439 against the euro, down from 4.4369 per euro at Tuesday close. It ranged from a high of 4.4375 per euro and a low of 4.439 per euro.
On international markets, at around 10:30 local time, the Swiss franc was up 0.2% and traded at 0.9522 units against the euro.
The Romanian leu lost ground versus the Swiss franc by midday Tuesday and the Romanian central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.2451 units, from 4.214 the previous day.
The leu lost 0.22% against the euro, and the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.437 units. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.54% on the day to 3.93 units.