The leu closed at 4.453/4.4545 per euro, 0.2% weaker from 4.443/4.445 per euro Wednesday. Elsewhere in the region, the leu’s peers were losing up to 0.3% against the euro.
The national currency opened flat versus the euro, but later depreciated, and touched the day’s low of 4.454 to the euro in the second half of the session.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4479 to the euro, slightly weaker on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.7% on the day to 3.3101 units.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 0.56%-1.06% a year, well below the central bank’s key lending rate of 4% a year.