Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 0.5% to 3.3543 units, from 3.3594 units Tuesday.

The local currency opened at 4.407/4.41 to the euro, modestly stronger than 4.41 to the euro at Tuesday closing.

On the money market Wednesday, overnight rates rose to 2.1%-2.6% a year, from 2%-2.5% a year in the previous day.