In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.5095/4.513 against the euro, from 4.5125 per euro at Tuesday close.

On international markets, at around 10:30 local time, the Swiss franc traded at 1.0117 units against the euro, compared with 1.0092 Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday, the Romanian central bank’s reference versus the Swiss franc rose 0.8% at 4.4354 units.

The leu lost 0.04% against the euro, and the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.5037 units. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 0.09% on the day to 3.878 units.