The leu opened at 4.1835/4.1855 per euro, from 4.178/4.1805 per euro at Tuesday’s closing. It further lost ground and traded at 4.19 per euro, as investors took profits.
At around 10:30 local time, the leu traded at 4.191/4.193 to the euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.1817 per euro Tuesday, the highest rate in three weeks.
On the money market Wednesday morning, overnight rates fell to 3%-3.5% a year, from 3.4%-3.9% a year in the previous day.