Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.5% to 3.3454 units.

The leu opened marginally higher at 4.374/4.375 per euro, from 4.3755/4.3765 per euro at Tuesday’s closing. It later depreciated and at around 13:00 hours traded at 4.3786/4.38 per euro.

On the money market, overnight rates rose to 3%-3.5% a year, from 2.5%-3% a year in the previous day.