Monday, the leu closed at 4.248/4.25 to the euro.
The leu opened flat versus the euro and further gained ground, trading below 4.24 units for the most part of the session.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.25 per euro, slightly stronger on the day.
The bank pumped 268.6 million lei (EUR63.2 million) into the market in a seven days repurchase agreement operation at an interest rate of 6.25% a year, equal to the monetary policy rate.
Dealers said four banks had difficulties in attracting funds on the inter-bank market as liquidity surplus keeps interest rates at low levels.
On the money market, overnight rates rose to 5.2%-5.7% a year, from 4.1%-4.6% Monday.