Banks posted opening values wider than usual for the leu, between 4.3675 and 4.3735 to the euro, compared with 4.37/4.372 to the euro at closing Wednesday.
After the first hour, the leu traded at 4.3705/4.3725 to the euro, but the transferred volumes were low, dealers said. In the region, the Hungarian forint and the Polish zloty were losing up to 0.2% against the European currency.
Romania’s central bank set Tuesday the leu’s exchange rate at 4.3688 per euro, barely moved from 4.3691 per euro in the previous session.
On the money market Wednesday morning, overnight rated were slightly up to 3.7%-4.2% a year, from 3.6%-4.1% a year on Tuesday.