On Friday, the central bank’s official rate was at a ten-week low of 4.4725 per euro.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s reference gained 0.65% to 3.3884 units, from 3.4106 units on Friday.
The leu opened at 4.478/4.48 to the euro, from 4.465/4.467 to the euro at Friday close. It stayed around the opening levels in the first hour of trading, before gaining slightly, on reduced transferred volumes.
At around 13:00 local time (GMT1000), the leu traded at 4.47/4.4715 to the euro.
On the money market, overnight rates were slightly down on the day at 2.7%-3.2% a year.