The leu opened at 4.3615/4.363 to the euro, compared to 4.364/4.365 at closing Monday.
Within the first hour, the leu weakened a bit and traded at 4.367/4.3685 against the euro at around 10:10 local time (GMT0710).
The central bank’s reference strengthened Monday for the fifth consecutive day to 4.3691 per euro, from 4.3712 per euro in the previous session. Against the US dollar, however, the leu’s indicative lost 0.2% on the day to 3.3048 units.
On the money market Tuesday morning, overnight rates fell slightly to 3.5%-4.5% a year, from 3.6%-4.1% a year in the previous day.