The leu opened at 4.405/4.408 per euro, from 4.4078 per euro at Monday close.
At around 10:00 am, the currency traded at 4.399/4.401 to the euro.
“The volumes are low and the leu seems to recover more slowly compared with its neighbors,” said one dealer.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.409 versus the euro Monday, the lowest level in almost two months. The leu’s exchange rate against the euro lost around 1.7% in the past two sessions, amid a negative sentiment in the region as the appetite for risky assets has started to decrease.
In the money market Tuesday morning, overnight rates were at 4%-4.5% a year.