Monday, the leu’s indicative was 4.3428 to the euro.
The leu continued to fall against the US dollar as well and hit a new five-week low of 3.3781 units, from 3.3761 units a day earlier.
The local currency opened slightly up at 4.345/4.347 per euro, from 4.3485/4.395 per euro at Monday close. It reached an early low of 4.351 to the euro, but swiftly returned below 4.35 per euro and traded around that level for the first half of the session.
In the money market, overnight rates fell to 2.2%-2.7% a year, from 4.5%-5% a year in the previous day.