The leu opened at 4.514/4.515 to the euro, almost flat from 4.5165/4.5185 per euro at Tuesday’s close, and appreciated further, trading at 4.495 per euro for a short time.
At around 10:15 local time (GMT0715), the leu was trading at 4.50/4.5025 per euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.5225 versus the euro Tuesday, marginally weaker on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 0.4% to 3.4051 units.
In the money market Wednesday morning, overnight rates were at 2.47%-2.97% a year.