Romania had foreign currency inflows of EUR200 million and outflows of EUR403 million.

The central bank paid the equivalent of around EUR120 million as part of reimbursement of a loan from the International Monetary Fund, the data showed.

The central bank’s gold holdings were steady at 103.7 metric tons and their value adjusted for international gold price rose to EUR3.33 billion, from EUR3.32 billion in August.

The country’s overall international reserves stood at EUR32.4 billion from EUR42.6 billion in August.

Payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in October 2015 amount to some EUR264 million, the central bank said.