The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.1288 units, slightly down from 4.1225 Thursday. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.67% on the day to 3.9243units.
The leu opened at 4.445/4.4465 per euro, higher than 4.4489 to the euro at Thursday close.
At around 1:00 local time, on the local market, the leu traded at 4.4485/4.451 to the euro while the Swiss franc traded at 0.9278 units against the euro on international markets.
The Swiss franc touched record highs on the Romanian market starting with January 15, after it gained nearly 30% against the euro following Swiss National Bank’s decision to scrap the minimum exchange rate ceiling against the euro.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 0.16%-0.51%, from 0.17%-0.55% the previous day.