The leu closed at 4.46/4.462 per euro, from 4.434/4.4355 per euro Monday.
The national currency opened at 4.442/4.445 to the euro and further depreciated, hitting an intraday low of 4.478 to the euro.
Monday evening, President Traian Basescu declined to sign Romania’s memorandum agreed with the IMF, saying he disapproves of a EUR0.07/liter excise duty on fuels.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4684 versus the euro, the lowest rate in two-and-a-half months. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.6% on the day to 3.2936 units.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 1.6%-2.1% a year.