Bernanke said late Wednesday, after Fed’s monetary policy meeting, that the central bank will cut its bond purchase program until 2014.
The leu opened at 4.525 per euro, close to late Wednesday levels. The leu slid against the European currency towards 4.52 units on foreign markets, after the closure of the local interbank market, when it traded at around 4.48 units.
The first transfers of Thursday session took the leu to 4.552 against the euro, but the currency recovered part of the loss and traded at around 4.53 against the euro by 10:15 local time (GMT0715).
The central bank set Wednesday the leu’s exchange rate at 4.4992 per euro, weaker than 4.4801 per euro the day before.
On the money market Thursday morning, overnight rates were flat at 2%-2.5% a year.