The leu opened at 4.361/4.362 per euro, slightly up from 4.3646/4.3655 per euro at Friday’s close.
At around 10:10 local time, the leu widened gains and traded at 4.3575/4.3590 per euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3663 versus the euro Friday, a fresh record high in the past five weeks.
In the money market Monday morning, overnight rates were at 1.25%-1.5% a year.