National currency appreciated at the first interbank meeting this year, and the National Bank of Romania (NBR) issued an exchange rate of 4.4153 RON / euro, with 1.34 pennies lower than the last reference announced in 2012, representing the lowest level since May last year.
NBR published on the last day of 2012 a reference rate of 4.4287 RON / euro, the Romanian currency registering a decline of 2.5% from last the quotation in 2011, of 4.3197 RON / euro.
The Romanian currency decreased compared to the U.S. dollar. The NBR published a rating of 3.3683 RON / dollar by 1.08 penies higher than the one on December 31.