Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 0.5% on the day to 2.924 units.
The leu opened up at 4.236/4.238 per euro, from 4.244/4.235 per euro at Friday’s closing and further gained ground, hitting an early high of 4.2355 per euro.
At around 13:00, the leu traded at 4.2385/4.2405 to the euro.
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.