Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 1.35% on the day to 4.1282 units, after the conclusions of Federal Reserve indicated a slower pace of rate hikes in the USA.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.1599 units, up from 4.1744 Wednesday.
The leu opened at 4.4345/4.4365 against the euro, from 4.4488 per euro at Wednesday close. At around 1:00 local time, on the local market, the leu traded at 4.4147 to the euro.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 0.21%-0.56%, from 0.23%-0.59% the previous day.