In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.415 against the euro, up from 4.443 per euro at Friday close. It ranged from a high of 4.4149 per euro and a low of 4.4431 per euro.
On international markets, at around 10:30 local time, the Swiss franc traded at 0.9495 units against the euro, from 0.9529 Friday afternoon.
The Romanian leu gained ground versus the Swiss franc by midday Friday and the Romanian central bank’s reference rose 0.7% to 4.2438 units per Swiss franc.
The leu gained 0.06% against the euro, and the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4424 units. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 0.45% on the day to 3.9157 units.