Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.15% on the day to 3.8098 units.

The national currency fell to historic lows against both the euro and the dollar earlier this week, amid political tensions. Since January, the leu weakened by 7.4% against the euro and by almost 15% versus the US dollar.

The leu opened flat at 4.612 per euro, but weakened slightly in early action, amid low volumes.

At around 1:00 pm, the leu traded at 4.62/4.6225 to the euro.

In the money market, overnight rates were flat at 4.8%-5.3% a year.