The central bank bought treasuries from two lenders and will sell them back January 9.
Last week, six lenders borrowed a total RON6.7 billion from the central bank at 6% a year, in an eight-day repurchase agreement operation.
On the money market Tuesday, overnight rates were down at 3.5%-4% a year, from 4%-4.5% a year in the last trading day of 2011. (EUR1=RON4.3219)