Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 0.6% on the day to 3.2161 units.
The leu opened at 4.458 per euro, from 4.459/4.461 per euro at Wednesday close, and moved in a narrow range during the first half of the session, amid low volumes.
Market participants said investors had no reaction to inflation or industrial production data.
Romanian consumer prices were roughly unchanged in March, held down by declining food prices, while the annual inflation eased for the fifth straight month to a fresh record low of 1.04%, from 1.05% a month earlier, the statistics institute said earlier today.
The institute also released data on the industrial production in February, which showed the adjusted output fell 1.3% on the month, but was up 9.1% from the year-earlier period.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 1.8%-2.3% a year.