Romania’s leu edged lower against the euro in mid trade Wednesday and the central bank’s reference weakened slightly to 4.0767 units, from 4.0735 units a day earlier.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won nearly 0.3% at 2.7788 units, a fresh high since December 2008.
The leu opened up at 4.07/4.072 per euro, from 4.073/4.075 per euro at Tuesday’s closing.
It later lost ground and at around GMT1000 traded at 4.076/4.0775 to the euro.
On the money market, overnight rates fell to 5.2%-5.7% a year, from 5.6%-6.1% a year Tuesday.