The currency opened at 4.487/4.49 per euro and hit an early low of 4.5 per euro before recovering toward noon.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.494 to the euro, slightly weaker on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.6% to 3.5834 units.
In the money market, overnight rates were flat at 4.8%-5.3% a year.