Against the US dollar, however, the leu’s indicative won 0.6% on the day to 3.2251 units.

The leu opened flat at 4.425/4.427 to the euro, but further depreciated, in line with the currencies in the region.

At around 1:00 pm, the leu traded at 4.437/4.439 versus the euro.

In the money market, overnight rates were at 0.9%-1.4% a year, well bellow the central bank’s monetary policy rate of 4.25%.