Against the US dollar, however, the leu’s indicative lost almost 1% on the day to 3.2674 units.

The leu opened at 4.318/4.32 per euro, from 4.314/4.315 per euro at Monday’s closing. Euro sales later pushed the leu to early high of 4.306 per euro, but the advance was only temporary and the leu fell back near opening levels.

At around 13:00 local time, the leu traded at 4.314/4.316 to the euro.

On the money market, overnight rates were flat at 5.3%-5.8% a year.