The leu also lost ground against the US dollar, which was quoted at RON 4.4644, up 0.60% compared to Monday.
The national currency depreciated against the Swiss franc as well, calculated by BNR at RON 5.6974 lei, up 0.54% from the previous rate.
Gold per gram increased to RON 653.5812 lei from RON 653.2534 in the previous session.
The leu fell over the emerging political crisis triggered by MPs vote to dismiss the government led by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan on Tuesday.
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 Board of the National Bank of Romania (NBR) decided in its meeting on 17 February 2026 to keep the monetary policy rate at 6.50% per annum.
Romania's foreign exchange reserves reached €65.81 billion on 31 January 2026, according to data released by the National Bank of Romania (BNR).
The National Bank of Romania's (BNR) Board of Directors decided on Monday to maintain the key interest rate at 6.50% per annum in its first monetary policy meeting of the year.
Romania's inflation remained at 9.7% at the end of 2025, with mixed pressures across different spending categories in December.
Romania's annual inflation rate decreased to 9.69% in December from 9.76% in November, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
The Romanian Parliament voted to dismiss the government led by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan on Tuesday.
IT Hit, a Romanian IT services company specialising in ERP, CRM, and business management systems, has announced a reseller partnership with Druid AI, a provider of AI agents for higher education, healthcare, retail, banking, and insurance sectors.
Raiffeisen Bank Romania concluded Q1 2026 with a net profit of RON 367 million (€73.4 million), a decrease of 12.2% versus Q1 2025.
The Romanian leu depreciated on Monday against the euro, which was calculated by the National Bank of Romania (BNR) at RON 5.1998 lei, up 1.1% from the previous rate, recording a new historic high.
DHL Supply Chain and Pepco have extended their collaboration to strengthen distribution operations across Europe. The expanded partnership aims to ensure product availability, reduce delivery lead times, and enhance network performance for Pepco's growing store footprint.
