December 24 (SeeNews) - The Romanian leu closed weaker against the euro on Thursday amid low volumes on a calm market ahead of Christmas, dealers said.
The leu closed at 4.2075/4.2150 per euro versus 4.1980/1998 per euro on Wednesday.
"The leu opened at 4.1950/2000 and slightly depreciated by the end of the day. Trading volumes were small and the market was calm ahead of Christmas," one dealer told SeeNews.
Romania's central bank, BNR, set its reference exchange rate at 4.2028 lei per euro on Thursday, compared to 4.2047 on Wednesday. For the U.S. dollar, the BNR set its reference exchange rate at 2.9165 lei versus Wednesday’s 2.9506.
Turnover on the interbank leu deposit market rose to 3.502 billion lei on Wednesday from 3.488 billion lei on Tuesday. The BNR will issue Thursday’s turnover figures on Monday.
Friday will be public and market holiday in Romania due to the Christmas holidays.
Interest rates on overnight leu deposits jumped to 11.52%/12.02% on Thursday from 4.57%/5.07% on Wednesday.