Against the US dollar, the leu’s reference rate gained RON0.26 to 3.3693 units.
The leu opened at 4.463 per euro Wednesday, little changed from 4.4605/4.4635 per euro at Tuesday close. It traded in a very tight range in the first hour of the session, but it later lost some ground on low transferred volumes.
At around 13:00 local time (GMT1000), the leu traded at 4.4675/4.4695 per euro.
On the money market, overnight rates fell slightly to 2.67%-3.17% a year.