The leu opened at 4.207/4.21 Thursday, slightly stronger than 4.2105/4.212 at closing the day before.
Within the first hour of trading, euro sales brought the leu to a high of 4.20/4.203 versus the European coin, but after 10:00 am the leu was once again trading at 4.204/4.206 to the euro.
The central bank computed Wednesday the leu’s reference rate at 4.2022 per euro, 0.5% weaker on the day.
On the money market Thursday morning, overnight rates fell to 2.6%-3.1% a year, from 3%-3.5% a year Wednesday.