Romania's national currency climbs to a reference exchange rate of 4.3048 lei/euro

NR settled an exchange rate of 4.3537 lei per euro in the previous session, 0.35 percent down from the historical peak of 4.3688 lei per euro reported on Wednesday.

The national currency advanced almost constantly on the interbank market since opening bell and rose from 4.3440 to 4.30 per euro, as the market expects the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve the granting of the next installment within Romania's external loan.

For the U.S. dollar, BNR's reference level plunged 2.84 percent to 3.4414 lei per dollar, from 3.5420 in the previous session.

On the international market, the dollar opened session at 1.2532 per euro and then waved up and down until mid-day, when it parked close to 1.2507 per euro.

Overnight interests on the monetary market continued to go down and stand below the key interest rate of 6.25 percent a year.

BNR posted an average interbank bid rate (ROBID) of 4.33 percent a year, down from 5.43 percent in the previous session, and an interbank offer rate for overnight deposits (ROBOR) of 4.83 percent, below the previous 5.93 percent.