The leu closed at 4.521/4.523 per euro, from 4.533/4.5335 per euro Friday.
It opened flat on the day and hovered around that level in the first half of the session, in a quiet market. In the afternoon, the leu appreciated to a high of 4.521 to the euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.5313 against the euro, from 4.536 to the euro in the previous session. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 0.6% on the day at 3.495 units.
In the money market, overnight rates were flat at 5.4%-5.9% a year.