Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 0.4% on the day to 3.3131 units.
The leu opened at 4.3795/4.3805 per euro, from 4.3815/4.382 per euro at Tuesday’s closing, and traded around 4.38 per euro in the first half of the session.
Market participants believe the central bank has stepped into the market again to prop the national currency, after having sold EUR70 million to EUR100 million on Tuesday to keep the leu from dropping too much.
On the money market, overnight rates were at 3.3%-3.8% a year, slightly down on the day.