In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.4001 against the euro, from 4.397 per euro at Wednesday close. It ranged from a high of 4.3999 per euro and a low of 4.4027 per euro.
The Romanian leu gained ground versus the euro by midday Wednesday and the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.405 units, up 0.27% from 4.4169 the previous day.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 0.45% on the day to 4.0508 units.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.2143 units, slightly up from 4.2263 Tuesday.