On Monday, the bank set the reference at 4.4792 per euro.
Against the US dollar however, the leu’s rate gained slightly to 3.5031 units, from 3.5049 units the day before.
The leu opened at 4.472/4.473 to the euro, close to Monday closing levels, and stayed mostly unchanged in the first hour of the session. It later lost some ground, touching an early low at 4.49 per euro, before returning towards 4.482/4.483 per euro at around 13:00 local time (GMT1000).
On the money market, overnight rates were stable at 4.8%-5.3% a year.