The leu finished today’s session at 4.4625/4.4655 per euro, from 4.456/4.4585 per euro Wednesday.
The currency opened flat against the euro, but weakened during early trading hours and traded above 4.46 per euro for most of the session. It reached a low of 4.472 to the euro in the second half of the day.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4653 versus the euro, the weakest rate in 10 weeks.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.2% on the day to 3.382 units.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 2.8%-3.3% a year, from 2.9%-3.4% a year Wednesday.