Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.6% on the day to 3.5834 units.

The leu opened flat at 4.487/4.49 per euro, but further lost ground, hitting an early low of 4.5 per euro.

At around 1:00 pm, the leu traded slightly above 4.9 to the euro.

In the money market, overnight rates were flat at 4.8%-5.3% a year.