Monday, the currency closed at 4.528/4.529 versus the euro.
The leu opened flat on the day and traded around 4.53 per euro in the first half of the session, amid low volumes. In the afternoon, the leu hit a low of 4.395 to the euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.531 per euro, weaker from 4.5219 per euro Monday. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost around 0.5% on the day to 3.5729 units.
In the money market, overnight rates were flat at 5.2%-5.7% a year.