In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.4975 against the euro, slightly up from 4.5067 per euro at Wednesday close. It ranged from a high of 4.497 per euro and a low of 4.5015 per euro.
On international markets, at around 10:30 local time, the Swiss franc traded at 1.0063 units against the euro, from 1.0026 Wednesday afternoon.
The Romanian leu lost ground versus the Swiss franc by midday Wednesday and the Romanian central bank’s reference fell 1.6% to 4.5054 units per Swiss franc, a new record low, amid the strengthening of the Swiss franc versus the euro on international markets.
The leu lost 0.16% against the euro, and the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.511 units. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.54% on the day to 3.8989 units.