The leu opened at 4.467 to the euro, slightly stronger than 4.468/4.469 to the euro at Wednesday closing.
It further gained ground, unlike the other currencies in the region, as the Polish zloty was down 0.15%, while the Hungarian forint was losing 0.5% against the euro.
“Trading volumes were higher than in the past days and are close to the daily average of last year. Taking into consideration the leu’s movements, which were contrary to the regional trend, I think the reason is that someone made some deals,” one of the dealers said.
The central bank set the leu’s exchange rate at 4.4625 per euro, from 4.4698 per euro in the previous day.
On the money market, overnight rates were down to 2.8%-3.3% a year, from 3.9%-4.4% a year on Wednesday.