However, the leu continued to lost ground against the Swiss franc, and the exchange rate is now at 3.5299 units from 3.5134 on Wednesday.
Romania’s currency slided against the US dollar as well, with the reference set at 2.9694 units, 0.33% weakeron the day.
The leu opened at 4.22/4.222 per euro, similar to Wednesday’s closing levels, and touched an early high at 4.216 per euro. It later erased the gains and traded above 4.22 to the euro.
The currencies in the region were down around 0.5% against the euro, after the Federal Reserve cut its forecast on US economy growth in both 2011 and 2012, fueling investors’ risk aversion.
On the money market Thursday, overnight rates fell to 2.2%-2.7% a year, from 2.6%-3.1% a year in the previous session.