Wednesday, the leu closed at 4.424/4.426 per euro.
Elsewhere in the region Thursday afternoon, the leu’s peers were gaining up to 0.6% versus the euro.
The national currency opened up at 4.4175/4.42 per euro, but further lost ground, hitting the day’s low of 4.426 per euro in early action. It afterward switched course and traded below 4.42 per euro for the rest of the session.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4165 to the euro, close to an all-time low of 4.4168 to the euro set on May 2, shortly after Romania’s former centrist government was toppled in a no-confidence motion.
Against the US dollar, the leu lost 0.32% on the day to 3.4141 units, a fresh low since January 16.
On the money market, overnight rates were flat at 3.8%-4.3% a year.