Romanian leu firms vs euro

The local currency closed at 4.4714/4764 per euro compared to 4.4731/4781 per euro on Wednesday.

The leu changed hands between 4.4689 and 4.4769 against the euro during the trading session, real-time interbank FX data published by local portal Conso.ro indicated.

Romania's central bank, BNR, set its reference exchange rate at 4.4705 lei per euro, versus 4.4738 lei per euro on Wednesday. For the U.S. dollar, BNR set its reference exchange rate at 3.6250 lei compared to 3.5924 lei a day earlier.

Turnover on the Romanian interbank leu deposit market rose to 512 million lei on Wednesday from 333.2 million lei on Tuesday. The central bank will issue Thursday's turnover figure on Friday.

Interest rates on overnight leu deposits was 0.10%/0.49% versus 0.10%/0.51 on Wednesday.