The leu lost 0.6% and closed at 4.3265/4.329 per euro, from 4.298/4.301 per euro Tuesday.

Elsewhere in the region, the leu’s peers were losing around 0.5% versus the European common currency.

The leu opened flat at 4.3/4.303 per euro, but further depreciated, tracking its neighbors.

The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.321 to the euro, the lowest rate in 15 months. Against the US dollar, however, the leu’s indicative gained 0.7% on the day at 3.1672 units.

On the money market, overnight rates overnight rates fell to 5.3%-5.8% a year, from 5.7%-6.2% a year a day earlier.

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