Against the US dollar, however, the leu’s indicative lost 0.7% on the day to 3.3467 units.

The leu opened slightly higher at 4.372/4.373 per euro, from 4.3737/4.3735 per euro at Wednesday’s closing. It further appreciated and hit an early high of 4.371 per euro.

On the money market, overnight rates fell to 2.3%-2.8% a year, from 3%-3.5% a year in the previous day.