At around 10:00 local time, the leu traded at 4.441/4.443 per euro, little changed from 4.4403 to the euro at Friday close.
In the first trading hour Monday, the national currency touched an early high of 4.4394 per euro and an early low of 4.4445 to the euro.
The Romanian leu lost ground versus the euro by midday Friday and the Romanian central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4408 units, down 0.21% from 4.4316 the previous day.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.1904 units, up from 4.2024 Thursday. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 0.39% on the day to 3.8927 units.