Elsewhere in the region, the leu’s peers were losing modest ground versus the euro.
It opened at 4.32/4.323 per euro, but started to retreat shortly after, pushed down by foreign currency sales. It touched an early low of 4.326 per euro before recovering in the afternoon.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.315 to the euro, 0.3% stronger on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 1.5% to 3.0423 units.
On the money market, overnight rates were flat at 5.1%-5.6% a year.