Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 0.5% on the day to 3.5023 units.
The leu opened higher against the euro and traded below 4.54 units in the first half of the day, with dealers suspecting covert foreign currency sales from the central bank to support the national currency.
Market participants said the central bank is taking advantage of the low liquidity to sell hard currency from the Finance Ministry, after the latter raised EUR421.5 million at a local debt sale.
In the money market Tuesday morning, overnight rates were flat at 4.9%-5.4% a year.