Monday, the leu closed at 4.137/4.1375 per euro.
Elsewhere in the region Tuesday afternoon, the Hungary’s forint was gaining 0.3% against the euro, while the Polish zloty was up 0.2%.
In the opening, the leu traded at 4.1365/4.1375 to the euro, barely changed from Monday’s closing. It further lost ground, hitting the day’s low at 4.159/4.1605 to the euro.
The leu fell after stop-loss orders were triggered by foreign players who sensed that a much-announced appreciation below 4.13 per euro wasn’t going to happen any time soon, dealers said.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.1544 per euro, the weakest rate in two and a half months.
On the money market, overnight rates were at 3.7%-4.2% a year, slightly down on the day.