The leu opened at 4.5720/4.5750 per euro, from 4.5770/4.5785 per euro at Wednesday’s closing.
In the first hour of trading, the leu was stable and traded at 4.5710/4.5750 versus the euro at around 10:15 local time (GMT0715).
The central bank Wednesday set the leu’s reference at 4.5742 to the euro, the weakest rate in 11 weeks. However, the leu’s indicative gained 0.7% versus the US dollar to 3.4888 units, after a 0.3% increase a day earlier.
On the money market Thursday morning, overnight rates stood at 5%-5.5% a year.