In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.504/4.505 against the euro, from 4.5033 per euro at Monday close.
On international markets, the Swiss franc traded at 1.0175 units against the euro at around 10:00 local time.
The leu lost ground versus the Swiss franc by midday Monday and the Romanian central bank’s reference fell 1.1% at 4.4716 units per Swiss franc, a new all-time low.
The central bank set the leu’s a reference rate at 4.5018 units versus the euro, up 0.17% from the previous day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 0.12% on the day to 3.8815 units.