The leu opened at 4.425/4.427 to the euro, little changed from 4.426/4.429 to the euro at Monday close.
The local currency stayed around the opening levels in the first hour, when transferred volumes were very low, according to banking dealers.
It later entered a downward path and touched the day’s low at 4.439 per euro. In the second half of the session, the leu traded in a narrow range and closed at 4.436/4.437 to the euro.
The central bank set the leu’s exchange rate at 4.4358 per euro, about 0.3% weaker than 4.4232 per euro in the previous day.
On the money market, overnight rates rose to 4%-4.5% a year, from 3.3%-3.8% a year Monday.