Elsewhere in the region, the Hungary’s forint was losing 0.4% versus the euro, while the Polish zloty was up 0.9%, with dealers suspecting an intervention from the central bank to prop the national currency.
The leu opened slightly up at 4.323/4.325 per euro, but further lost ground, hitting the day’s low of 4.335 per euro in the afternoon.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3218 to the euro, the weakest rate in 15 months. However, the leu continued to advance against the US dollar and the exchange rate was set at 3.163 units, from 3.1672 units in the previous session.
On the money market, overnight rates fell to 5%-5.5% a year, from 5.3%-5.8% a year Wednesday.