Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.5% to 3.2194 units. Tuesday, the indicative appreciated to 3.2029 units, its strongest level since November 2011.
The leu opened at 4.45 per euro, from 4.4515/4.4525 per euro at Tuesday close, and stayed near that level for the first half of the day, amid a quiet market.
At around 1:00 pm, the local currency traded at 4.451/4.452 versus the euro.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 3.4%-3.9% a year. The central bank injected 627.2 million lei (EUR140.9 million) in the market via a one-week repurchasing agreement operation Wednesday at an interest rate of 3.5%, equal to the monetary policy rate.