The leu closed at 4.388/4.391 per euro, from 4.378/4.379 per euro in the previous day.
It opened at 4.378/4.38 versus the euro and further lost ground, hitting the day’s low of 4.396 to the euro in the second half of the session.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3852 per euro, weaker from 4.3764 per euro a day earlier. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative retreated 0.26% to 3.2404 units.
In the money market, overnight rates were flat at 5.6%-6.1% a year.