The leu opened at 4.370/4.372, compared to 4.3655/4.3665 at closing the day before.
Within the first hour of trading, the leu strengthened a bit and, at around 10:00 local time (GMT0800), it was trading at 4.3665/4.3684 against the euro.
The central bank set Wednesday the leu’s reference at 4.3608 to the euro, slightly weaker on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.42% to 3.3375 units.
On the money market Thursday morning, overnight rates increased to 2.25%-2.75% a year, from 1.6%-2.1% a year Wednesday.