In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.431/4.433 against the euro, from 4.4335 per euro at Monday close. It ranged from a high of 4.4285 per euro and a low of 4.4325 per euro.
On international markets, at around 10:30 local time, the Swiss franc traded at 0.9557 units against the euro.
The Romanian leu lost ground versus the Swiss franc by midday Monday and the Romanian central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.214 units, from 4.1808 the previous day.
The leu lost 0.3% against the euro, and the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4274 units. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 1.31% on the day to 3.9089 units.