The leu recovered solid ground against the Swiss franc, trading at 3.7993 units, from 3.8926 units Friday.
Against the US dollar, the leu won 1.3% on the day at 2.9673 units.
The leu opened at 4.265/4.267 to the euro, from 4.276/4.79 to the euro at Friday’s closing. It further stayed around 4.27 units, unfazed by second-quarter GDP data, and at around 13:00 local time the leu traded at 4.27/4.2715 per euro.
Romania’s second-quarter gross domestic product rose 0.2% in seasonally adjusted data compared with the previous quarter. The GDP growth was significantly lower from 0.7% in the first quarter, but the slowdown was expected by analysts.
On the money market, overnight rates were flat at 5.8%-6.3% a year.