The leu opened at 4.53/4.534 to the euro, stronger than 4.536/4.5375 to the euro at Tuesday closing.
It stayed around the opening values in the first hour of the session and traded at 4.532/4.5345 per euro at 10:00 local time (GMT0800). In other markets, the Hungarian forint and the Polish zloty were losing about 0.3% against the European currency.
Romania’s central bank set Tuesday the leu’s exchange rate at 4.5342 per euro, slightly changed from 4.5349 per euro the day before.
On the money market Wednesday morning, overnight rates were at 5.5%-6% a year.