Friday, the leu closed at 4.373/4.374 per euro.

Elsewhere in the region Monday afternoon, the leu’s peers were gaining around 0.5% versus the euro, following upbeat economic data from Germany.

The leu opened up at 4.37/4.371 per euro and hit the day’s high of 4.3635 per euro in the second half of the session.

The central bank’s reference strengthened for the fifth consecutive day to 4.3691 per euro, from 4.3712 per euro in the previous session. Against the US dollar, however, the leu’s indicative lost 0.2% on the day to 3.3048 units.

On the money market, overnight rates rose to 3.6%-4.1% a year, from 2.7%-3.2% a year Friday.

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