At around 16:30, the leu traded at 4.427 per euro, weaker than 4.4196 at Friday close.
The Romanian leu lost ground versus the euro by midday Monday and the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4345 units, down 0.53% from 4.411 the previous day.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 1.12% on the day to 4.1234 units.
In the money market Monday, overnight rates were at 0.38% – 0.8% a year, from 0.33%-0.73% a year the previous day.