In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.4241 against the euro, from 4.4139 per euro at Thursday close and touched a high of 4.4222 per euro and a low of 4.4263 to the euro.
The Romanian leu slightly gained ground versus the euro by midday Thursday and the Romanian central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4151 units, up 0.69% from 4.4459 the previous day, and the highest value in the last six weeks.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 1.35% on the day to 4.1282 units, after the conclusions of Federal Reserve indicated a slower pace of rate hikes in the USA.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.1599 units, up from 4.1744 Wednesday.