Romanian leu hits new historic low against euro

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The Romanian leu depreciated on Thursday against the euro, which was calculated by the National Bank of Romania (BNR) at RON 5.1417, up 0.8% from the previous rate, recording a new historic low for the local currency.

The leu also lost ground against the US dollar, which was quoted at RON 4.3965, up 0.84% compared to Wednesday.

The national currency depreciated against the Swiss franc as well, calculated by BNR at RON 5.5821, up 1.16% from the previous rate, also recording a historic high.

Gold per gram increased to RON 653.5585 from RON 638.3798 in the previous session.

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