Elsewhere in the region, the leu’s peers were losing around 0.4% versus the European common currency.
The leu opened up at 4.25/4.255 per euro and further gained ground, hitting an early high of 4.247 per euro. It later changed trend and traded above 4.25 per euro for the second half of the session.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.2488 to the euro, the strongest rate in two weeks.
On the money market, overnight rates rose to 4.6%-5.1% a year, from 2.1%-2.6% a year Tuesday.