In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.4515/4.4525 against the euro, from 4.4575 per euro at Friday close. It opened at 4.4574 and ranged from a high of 4.45 per euro and a low of 4.458 per euro.
On international markets, at around 10:30 local time, the Swiss franc traded at 0.9294 units against the euro.
The Romanian leu slightly lost ground versus the euro by midday Friday and the Romanian central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4498 units, down 0.14% from 4.4434 the previous day.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.1288 units, slightly down from 4.1225 Thursday. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.67% on the day to 3.9243 units.