The leu closed at 4.298/4.301 per euro, from 4.3045/4.3075 per euro a day earlier.
Elsewhere in the region, the leu’s peers were gaining up to 1.6% versus the euro, with investors taking a breather after Greece said it would receive new aid in time to avert a default and the EU leaders moved to find new ways to fix the sovereign debt crisis.
The leu opened flat versus the euro, but further lost ground, pushed down by growing orders for foreign currency. It touched the day’s low of 4.314 per euro before turning to gains in the afternoon.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3112 to the euro, the lowest rate in 10 months. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 0.2% to 3.1897 units, from 3.197 a day earlier.
On the money market, overnight rates fell modestly to 5.7%-6.2% a year, from 5.8%-6.3% a year Monday.