The leu last touched a record-low of RON4.8448 units per euro on Tuesday (March 17).
Instead, the leu gained ground against the Swiss franc on Tuesday, after four consecutive days of depreciation, standing at 4.5789 units, from 4.5972 units on Friday.
Also, the national currency strengthened versus the US dollar, reaching 4.4580 units on Tuesday, from 4.5316 units on Monday.
The price of gold grew to RON230.0101 on Tuesday from RON217.7939 on Monday.
Romania’s three-month ROBOR index, the interbank interest rate used as a reference to calculate interests for consumer loans in lei, grew slightly to 2.62% a year on Tuesday, from 2.61% on Monday, despite the central bank’s cutting its key rate in an emergency meeting held last Friday. The central bank decided on Friday to cut the benchmark interest rate to 2% a year from 2.5% applicable as of March 23. It also narrowed the standing facilities corridor to 0.5 percentage points from 1 percentage point, keeping the deposit facility at 1.5% but lowering the credit facility rate to 2.5% from 3%.