The leu opened at 4.5305/4.5325 to the euro, close to Friday’s closing levels of 4.53/4.534 to the euro.

Until 10:30 local time (GMT0830), the leu varied slightly around the opening values, with the election results having no impact on the trading.

The ruling coalition, the Social-Liberal Union (USL), won almost 60% of the votes, while the center-right alliance ARD gathered 17%, according to partial results released earlier in the day by authorities.

Romania’s central bank set Friday the leu’s official exchange rate at 4.5349 per euro, from 4.5394 per euro the day before.

On the money market Monday morning, overnight rates stood at 5.1%-5.6% a year.

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