In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.405/4.4085 against the euro, from 4.4165 per euro at Tuesday close. It ranged from a high of 4.406 per euro and a low of 4.412 per euro.
The Romanian leu slightly gained ground versus the euro by midday Tuesday and the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4169 units, up 0.05% from 4.4192 the previous day.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 1.11% on the day to 4.069 units.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.2263 units, slightly up from 4.2309 Monday.