The leu opened at 4.4430 per euro, from 4.4395/4.445 to the euro at Wednesday closing level.
Later, the Romanian currency strengthened versus the euro and traded at 4.428 units. At around 10:20 local time (GMT0720), the leu returned to its opening level, of 4.4430 per euro.
On Wednesday, the central bank set the leu’s reference to 4.4161 to the euro, the strongest rate in three weeks. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 0.96% on the day to 3.3881 units.
In the money market Thursday morning, overnight rates were at 4%-5% a year.