Friday, the leu closed at 4.4445/4.4455 per euro.

Elsewhere in the region Monday afternoon, the leu’s peers were losing up to 0.4% versus the European common currency.

The leu opened at 4.44/4.443 per euro and traded around 4.44 per euro for most of the day.

The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4408 to the euro, slightly stronger from 4.4421 to the euro in the previous session.

On the money market, overnight rates were at 4.6%-5.1% a year, slightly lower on the day.

The central bank injected 7.94 billion lei (EUR1.78 billion) in the market earlier Monday, the largest sum since February 2010.

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