The leu opened at 4.245/4.247 against the euro, unnoticeably stronger than 4.247/4.25 at closing the day before. Euro buy orders brought the leu to 4.250 against the European coin, but only for a brief moment.
At around 10:00 local time, the leu was once again trading at 4.247/4.249 to the euro.
The central bank published Thursday a leu-to-euro reference of 4.2445 units, weaker than the previous reference of 4.2323.
On the money market, overnight rates continued to drop to 3.75%-4.25% a year, from 4.23%-4.73% a year.