Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative weakened 0.2% to 3.2374 units.

The leu opened slightly below 4.4 per euro, little changed from 4.3941/4.396 per euro at Friday close. It traded in a narrow range during the first half of the session, amid low volumes.

At around 1:00 pm, the local currency traded at 4.3965/4.3977 to the euro.

In the money market, overnight rates were at 0.2%-0.5% a year, down from 0.3%-0.8% a year Friday.