The leu opened at 4.486 per euro, barely changed from 4.4855/4.487 per euro at Wednesday close, and moved in a tight range in the first part of the session.
Wednesday, the central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4779 versus the euro, weaker from 4.4723 units a day earlier. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.35% to 3.2828 units.
In the money market Thursday morning, overnight rates were at 4%-4.5% a year.