In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.443/4.4445 against the euro, from 4.444 per euro at Tuesday close and touched a high of 4.4415 per euro and a low of 4.444 to the euro.
The Romanian leu slightly lost ground versus the euro by midday Tuesday and the Romanian central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro 4.4389 units, down 0.04% from 4.437 the previous day.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 0.72% on the day to 4.1805 units, after a record low in the previous day at 4.2107 units.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.1709 units, up from 4.194 Monday.