Wednesday, the leu closed at 4.2475/4.2495 per euro.
Elsewhere in the region Thursday afternoon, the leu’s peers were losing between 0.65% and 1.1% versus the European common currency, amid growing aversion to risk as more economic data point to a slowing recovery worldwide.
The leu opened down at 4.25/4.2525 to the euro and further lost ground, but traded below 4.26 to the euro for most of the session.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.2567 per euro, slightly stronger from 4.2609 per euro Wednesday.
On the money market, overnight rates fell to 5.5%-6% a year, from 5.8%-6.3% a year a day earlier.