At around 16:30 local time, the leu traded at 4.417 per euro, higher than 4.42 to the euro at Friday close.
The Romanian leu slightly lost ground versus the euro by midday Monday and the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4202 units, down 0.15% from 4.4136 the previous day.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.38% on the day to 4.0773 units.
In the money market Monday, overnight rates were at 1.56% – 2.02% a year, from 1.61% – 2.04% a year the previous day.