Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.75% on the day at 2.9547 units.

The leu opened flat at 4.242/4.245 per euro, but further lost ground, hitting an early low of 4.26 per euro.

At around 13:00 local time, the leu traded near 4.25 to the euro.

On the money market, overnight rates were at 4.1%-4.6% a year.