Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 0.5% on the day to 3.7128 units.

The leu opened modestly higher at 4.563/4.565 per euro, from 4.5655 per euro at Wednesday close, and traded near 4.56 per euro in the first half of the session.

In the money market, overnight rates were at 1.1%-1.6% a year, from 1.2%-1.7% a year in the previous day.