Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative slid 0.7% to 3.5538 units, the lowest rate since June 2010.
The leu opened down at 4.466/4.469 per euro, from 4.4615/4.4625 per euro at Wednesday close. It further lost ground and dropped to an all-time interbank low of 4.4715 per euro.
At around 1:00 pm, the leu traded at 4.4680 per euro.
The leu’s depreciation against the euro is in line with the regional trend and is caused by pressures from the eurozone, a central bank official said Wednesday.
Leu’s exchange rate lost 1.57% versus the euro in May alone. Since January, the leu dropped 3.4%.
On the money market, overnight rates rose to 4.8%-5.3% a year, from 1.1%-1.6% a year Wednesday.