In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.411/4.414 against the euro, slightly up from 4.416 per euro at Thursday close. It ranged from a high of 4.413 per euro and a low of 4.4145 per euro.
On international markets, at around 10:30 local time, the Swiss franc traded at 0.9483 units against the euro.
The Romanian leu gained ground versus the Swiss franc by midday Thursday and the Romanian central bank’s reference rose 0.2% to 4.1522 units per Swiss franc.
The leu lost 0.02% against the euro, and the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4088 units.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.09% on the day to 3.8542 units.