In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.4041 against the euro, from 4.401 per euro at Thursday close. It ranged from a high of 4.4006 per euro and a low of 4.4062 per euro.
The Romanian leu gained ground versus the euro by midday Thursday and the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.3965 units, up 0.19% from 4.405 the previous day, the highest value since August 27, 2014.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 1.05% on the day to 4.0934 units.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.2112 units, up from 4.2143 Wednesday.