The leu closed at 4.422 to the euro, compared with 4.443 to the euro at Tuesday close.
The leu started its appreciation trend in the morning, when the trasnferred volumes were three-times larger than the average, but the market calmed down in the second half of the session.
The Hungarian forint and the Polish zloty were nearly unchanged against the European currency, and dealers say the interest for the leu may be partially due to foreigners’ acquisition of local bonds.
Romania’s central bank set the leu’s reference rate at 4.4261 per euro, stronger than 4.4478 per euro Tuesday.
The central bank set the reference versus the Swiss franc at 4.104 units, from 4.1413 units the day before. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained almost 1% on the day to 3.8952 units.
On the money market Tuesday, overnight rates were flat at around 0.25%-0.65% a year.