Monday, the leu closed at 4.314/4.315 per euro.
Elsewhere in the region Tuesday afternoon, the leu’s peers were losing around 0.3% against the euro.
The leu opened down at 4.318/4.32 per euro, but strengthened to a high of 4.306 units, on higher demand for local currency. It later returned to losses, amid a negative sentiment in international markets after Greece announced it wouldn’t be able to lower its budget deficit to the levels agreed with its financiers.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3159 to the euro, slightly stronger on the day. Against the US dollar, however, the leu’s indicative lost almost 1% on the day to 3.2674 units.
On the money market, overnight rates were flat at 5.3%-5.8% a year.