At 9:08 local time, the leu traded at 4.55/4.5520 to the euro, and even reached 4.5650 per euro at some point.
Britain has voted to leave the European Union, with the Leave campaign securing around 51.8% of the vote. While England voted overwhelmingly for Brexit, Scotland and Northern Ireland backed Remain.
The euro slumped more than 3% against the dollar on concerns a Brexit vote will do wider economic and political damage to the world’s biggest trade bloc, stripped of its second largest economy. The Bank of England said it would take all necessary steps to secure monetary and financial stability.