Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.26% to 3.2858 units.
“Despite the leu’s calm reaction to the recent political tensions, we believe that a formal split-up of the ruling coalition may drive the local currency toward this year’s lows of around 4.55 to the euro,” ING Bank said in a note.
The leu opened down at 4.512 per euro, from 4.5095/4.5115 per euro at Monday close. It further lost ground, and at around 1:00 pm traded at 4.516/4.518 to the euro.
In the money market, overnight rates fell to 1.9%-2.4% a year, from 2.7%-3.2% a year Monday.