Wednesday, the leu closed at 4.523/4.525 per euro.
The national currency opened flat against the euro, but further lost ground, trading at around 4.54 per euro in the second half of the session.
The leu lost around 2% against the euro on the interbank market since the middle of last week, amid political tensions that ended in the President’s suspension by parliament. Since January, the national currency weakened by 4.7% versus the euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.5252 to the euro, weaker from 4.5237 units a day earlier. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative fell to a record low of 3.7031 units.
In the money market, overnight rates dropped to 2.2%-2.7% a year, from 4.6%-5.1% a year Wednesday, amid liquidity surplus.