The leu closed at 4.3735/4.3745 per euro from 4.37/4.372 at the end of Tuesday’s trading session.
It opened almost flat at 4.3675/4.3735 versus the euro and later lost some ground to 4.373/4.375 versus the euro. The other currencies in the region were also weakening against the euro, losing up to 0.5%.
The Romanian central bank set the leu’s exchange rate at 4.3737 per euro, 0.1% weaker than 4.3688 per euro in the previous day.
On the money market, overnight rated were slightly up to 3.7%-4.2% a year, from 3.6%-4.1% a year on Tuesday.