The leu opened at 4.282/4.284 per euro, from 4.2675/4.2695 per euro at Friday’s closing. It further lost ground, hitting an early low of 4.2915 per euro.
At around 10:00 local time, the leu traded at 4.2855/4.287 to the European common currency.
Elsewhere in the region, the leu’s peers were losing around 0.3% versus the euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.2657 to the euro Friday, weaker on the day.
On the money market Monday morning, overnight rates were at 4%-4.5% a year.