Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won almost 2% to 3.395 units, from a seven-and-a-half-month low of 3.4628 units Wednesday. The leu’s rate versus the greenback is computed based on the leu/euro and the euro/dollar exchange rates.
The leu opened flat at 4.435 against the euro and hit an early high of 4.41 per euro amid a positive sentiment in the region.
At around 1:00 pm, the currency traded slightly above 4.42 to the euro.
In the money market, overnight rates fell to 3.3%-3.8% a year, from 3.9%-4.4% a year Wednesday.