Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.4% on the day to 3.3047 units.

The leu opened flat at 4.3455/4.3475 per euro and moved in narrow ranges in the fist half of the session, unfazed by the 2011 gross domestic product data which showed the economy expanded at an annualized rate of 2.5%, after a decline of 1.3% in the previous year.

On the money market, overnight rates fell to 1.7%-2.2% a year, from 1.9%-2.4% a year Tuesday.