The central bank bought treasuries from five lenders and will sell them back July 30.
Last week, the central bank pumped RON8.2 billion to the market in a similar repo.
The number of state treasuries commercial banks are allowed to use as guarantee for operations on the monetary market was recently increased to five from three. Following the move, more lenders have been using the central bank’s facility to attract money.
In the money market Monday, weekly rates were at 4.8%-5.4% a year, little changed on the day. (EUR1=RON4.6003)