Tuesday, the leu closed at 4.4405/4.4425 per euro.
The national currency opened down versus the euro and traded around 4.45 units in the first half of the session. It later started to gain ground, hitting the day’s high of 4.4385 to the euro at closing.
The leu’s reference rate fell to a new record low of 4.4463 per euro, from 4.4411 per euro in the previous session. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 1.2% on the day to 3.4987 units, the lowest rate since July 2010.
On the money market, overnight rates were at 4.6%-5.1% a year, from 4.3%-4.8% a year Tuesday.