Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.2% on the day to 3.5128 units.

The leu opened flat at 4.5755/4.578 to the euro, but started to lose ground shortly after, amid low volumes.

At around 1:00 pm, the leu traded near 4.58 per euro.

In the money market, overnight rates fell to 1.1%-1.6% a year, from 3.2%-3.7% a year Monday.