In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.4345/4.4365 against the euro, from 4.4488 per euro at Wednesday close and touched a high of 4.4345 per euro and a low of 4.438 to the euro.
The Romanian leu slightly lost ground versus the euro by midday Wednesday and the Romanian central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro 4.4459 units, down 0.16% from 4.4389 the previous day.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.1% on the day to 4.1848 units.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.1744 units, slightly down from 4.1709 Tuesday.