The leu opened at 4.4350 per euro, slightly stronger from 4.4360/4.4380 at Wednesday close, and remained at this level at around 10:00 a.m..
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4467 to the euro Wednesday, 0.25% weaker on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s reference gained roughly 0.3% on the day to 3.3809 units.
On the money market Thursday morning, overnight rates rose to 5%-5.5% a year.