In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.44/4.4415 against the euro, from 4.446 per euro at Friday close and touched a high of 4.44 per euro and a low of 4.442 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 4.4472 units, down 0.25% from 4.436 the previous day.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 0.52% on the day to 4.2012 units.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.1728 units, down from 4.169 Thursday.