The leu closed at 4.4488 per euro Wednesday, modestly lower than 4.444 to the euro at Tuesday close.
The Romanian leu slightly lost ground versus the euro by midday Wednesday and the Romanian central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro 4.4459 units, down 0.16% from 4.4389 the previous day.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.1% on the day to 4.1848 units.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.1744 units, slightly down from 4.1709 Tuesday.
In the money market Wednesday, overnight rates were at 0.23%-0.59% a year, from 0.21%-0.57% a year Tuesday.