Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.4% on the day to 3.4096 units, the weakest level since July 2010.
The leu opened slightly higher at 4.346/4.35 per euro, from 4.3475/4.35 per euro at Friday’s closing, and traded near 4.35 per euro in the first half of the session.
On the money market, overnight rates fell to 2.3%-2.8% a year, from 2.9%-3.4% a year in the previous session.