Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won a meager 0.05% at 2.9259 units.

The leu opened at 4.2125/4.215 per euro, from 4.217/4.219 per euro at Wednesday’s closing, and traded near 4.215 per euro for the first part of the session.

Euro demand later pushed the leu down and at around 13:00 local time traded at 4.2345/4.2375 to the euro.

On the money market, overnight rates rose slightly to 3.8%-4.3% a year, from 3.6%-4.1% a year Wednesday.