October 29 (SeeNews) - The Romanian leu lost 0.04% versus the euro on Thursday, interbank FX data indicated.
The local currency closed at 4.4371 per euro compared to 4.4355 per euro on Wednesday.
The leu changed hands between 4.4272 and 4.4374 against the single currency 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 4.4314 lei per euro versus 4.4311 lei per euro on Wednesday. For the US dollar, BNR set its reference exchange rate at 4.0403 lei compared to 4.0071 lei a day earlier.
Turnover on the Romanian interbank leu deposit market fell to 1.22 billion lei on Wednesday from 1.59 billion lei on Tuesday. BNR will issue Thursday's turnover figure the following day.
Interest rates on overnight leu deposits fell to 0.30%/0.71% from 0.43%/0.84% on Wednesday.