Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 0.6% on the day at 3.2263 units.
The leu opened up at 4.313/4.315 per euro, from 4.3165/4.3185 per euro at Wednesday’s closing. It hit an early high of 4.3 per euro, but started to retreat modestly shortly after, as investors took profits.
At around 13:00 local time, the leu traded slightly above 4.31 to the euro.
On the money market, overnight rates were at 5.2%-5.7% a year, from 5.3%-5.8% a year Wednesday.