The leu opened at 4.5110/4.5140 per euro, slightly stronger from 4.5130/4.5150 at Tuesday’s closing.
In the first hour of trading, the leu continued gains and traded below 4.51 units. At around 10:00 local time (GMT0800), the leu traded at 4.5085/4.5105 to the euro.
Romania’s central bank Tuesday set the leu’s exchange rate at 4.5171 per euro, a new six-week high.
On the money market Wednesday morning, overnight rates rose slightly to 5.25%-5.75% a year.