In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.445/4.447 against the euro, from 4.449 per euro at Monday close.
On international markets, at around 10:30 local time, the Swiss franc traded at 0.9295 units against the euro.
The Romanian leu slightly lost ground versus the euro by midday Monday and the Romanian central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4521 units, down 0.05% from 4.4498 the previous day.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.144 units, slightly down from 4.1288 Friday. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.34% on the day to 3.9378 units.