Elsewhere in the region, the Hungary’s forint lost 0.7% versus the euro, while the Polish zloty was down roughly 0.5%.
The local currency opened roughly flat at 4.4035 per euro, but later lost ground, hitting the day’s low of 4.43 per euro in the second half of the session. The trading volume was high for a summer session, but remained below yesterday’s levels, market participants said.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4188 to the euro, the weakest rate in seven days. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative depreciated 0.5% to 3.3061 units, its lowest level since early February.
In the local money market, overnight rates were at 1.6%-2.1% a year, slightly higher on the day.