The leu opened at 4.371/4.373 to the euro, compared with 4.374/4.376 to the euro at closing Wednesday.
However, the local currency returned to yesterday’s levels after an hour, and traded around 4.3745/4.376 to the euro by 10:15 local time (GMT0715).
The Romanian central bank set Wednesday the leu’s reference rate at 4.3778 per euro, slightly stronger from 4.3791 per euro a day before.
On the money market Thursday morning, overnight rates rose slightly to 3.5%-4% a year, from 3.3%-3.8% a year in the previous session.