The leu closed at 4.3485/4.341 per euro, from 4.344/4.3455 per euro Wednesday.
ECB’s chief Mario Draghi said earlier Thursday that it would make more credit available to banks affected by the sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone. However, Draghi voiced caution over buying more government bonds to help financially troubled nations.
The leu opened flat against the euro, but further gained ground, amid growing demand. It hit the day’s high of 4.3315 per euro in the second half of the session.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3429 to the euro, the strongest rate in five weeks. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 0.26% to 3.2421 units.
On the money market, overnight rates were flat at 5.6%-6.1% a year.