Against the US dollar, the leu’s reference gained almost 0.8% to 4.1393 units. Wednesday, the official exchange rate was set at 4.4202 per euro, and respectively 4.172 per US dollar.
The leu traded around 4.42 units for most of the morning, but gained about 0.2% after 12:00 local time, on average traded volumes. It varied between a low of 4.4246 to the euro and a high of 4.4113 to the euro around midday.
Elsewhere in the region, the Polish zloty was up 0.2% against the euro, while the Hungarian forint was down 0.1%.
On the money market, overnight rates were slightly down to 0.36%-0.81% a year, from 0.47%-0.89% Wednesday.