Tuesday, the leu closed at 4.425/4.427 per euro.
The leu opened flat against the euro, but further lost ground, hitting an intraday low of 4.439 to the euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.437 versus the euro, little changed on the day. Against the US dollar, however, the leu’s indicative won 0.6% to 3.2251 units.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 0.9%-1.4% a year, well bellow the central bank’s monetary policy rate of 4.25%.