The leu opened down versus euro and weakened further as the mood on the international markets became gloomier ahead of Slovak Parliament’s vote on changes to the euro-zone rescue fund.
The leu opened at 4.313/4.315 to the euro, compared to 4.31/4.312 to the euro at Monday’s closing. It weakened further on euro buying orders, and traded around 4.33 units.
At around 13:00 localtime (GMT1000), the leu trade at 4.33/4.333 against the euro.
The leu lost ground against the US dollar as well, as the central bank computed an indicative of 3.1853 units, 0.36% weaker than Monday.
On the money market Tuesday morning, overnight rates were up at 5.2%-5.7% a year, from 5%-5.5% a year in the previous session.