The leu closed at 4.4139 per euro Thursday, higher than 4.4488 to the euro at Wednesday close.
The Romanian leu slightly gained ground versus the euro by midday Thursday and the Romanian central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4151 units, up 0.69% from 4.4459 the previous day, and the highest value in the last six weeks.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 1.35% on the day to 4.1282 units, after the conclusions of Federal Reserve indicated a slower pace of rate hikes in the USA.
Thursday, the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.1599 units, up from 4.1744 Wednesday.
In the money market Thursday, overnight rates were at 0.21%-0.56% a year, from 0.23%-0.59% a year the previous day.