Romania’s gross domestic product rose 3.8% in the first quarter compared with the same period of 2013, a flash estimate from INS showed Thursday. Against the last quarter of 2013, GDP went up 0.1% in seasonally adjusted data in the January-March period.
The leu opened at 4.437/4.444 to the euro, similar with 4.438/4.4405 per euro at Wednesday close.
At around 10:15 local time, the national currency traded at 4.4365/4.4385 against the euro.
Wednesday, the central bank set the leu’s a reference rate at 4.4415 units, down 0.2% from 4.4308 units a day earlier. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.5% to 3.2387 units.