The leu closed at 4.3445/4.3465 per euro, from 4.3485/4.3495 per euro Monday.
It opened at 4.345/4.347 to the euro and weakened to a low of 4.351 to the euro during early trading hours. In the second half of the session, the currency returned below 4.35 per euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3485 versus the euro, a fresh record low in over three weeks. The leu continued to fall against the US dollar as well and hit a new five-week low of 3.3781 units, from 3.3761 units a day earlier.
In the money market, overnight rates fell to 2.2%-2.7% a year, from 4.5%-5% a year in the previous day.