Tuesday, the market was closed for the Labor Day break.
The national currency took a hard hit in the few days following the government’s collapse Friday. The leu lost around 1% versus the euro since Friday and over 2% since January.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative declined 1.06% on the day Wednesday to 3.3594 units.
The leu opened at 4.43/4.433 to the euro, weaker than 4.4145/4.418 to the euro at Monday closing. At around 13:00 hours, the leu traded at 4.4155/4.418 to the euro.
On the money market, overnight rates were at 4.2%-4.7% a year, little changed on the day.
The central bank Wednesday kept its key rate unchanged at a record low of 5.25% a year, as political uncertainty following the government’s fall last week ended a monetary easing process initiated in November 2011.