Friday, the leu closed at 4.244/4.245 to the euro.
Elsewhere in the region Monday afternoon, the leu’s peers were gaining around 0.1% versus the euro.
The leu opened up at 4.236/4.238 per euro and further gained ground, trading below 4.24 per euro for the most part of the session.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.2402 to the euro, the strongest rate in over three weeks.
On the money market, overnight rates rose slightly to 5.85%-6.35% a year, from 5.8%-6.3% a year in the previous session. Earlier today, the central bank pumped 336.8 million lei (EUR79.4 million) into the money market in a seven days repurchase agreement operation, to boost liquidity and lower the rates.
Friday, the bank injected RON1.5 billion into the market during a similar operation.