Elsewhere in the region, the leu’s peers were losing up to 1% versus the European common currency on lingering fears related to the soverign debt crisis.
The leu opened at 4.362/4.365 per euro and traded near 4.365 per euro for most of the day.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3608 to the euro, a fresh new low of the last 17 months. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.5% on the day to 3.2425 units.
On the money market, overnight rates fell to 5.7%-6.2% a year, from 7.1%-7.6% a year Friday. The central bank pumped RON6.25 billion into the market Monday morning to boost liquidity and lower the rates.