Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.5% on the day at 2.9426 units.

The leu opened slightly stronger at 4.207/4.21 per euro, from 4.2105/4.212 per euro at Wednesday’s closing and traded near 4.207 units throughout the morning.

At around 13:00 local time, the leu traded at 4.207/4.209 to the euro.

On the money market, overnight rates fell to 2.6%-3.1% a year, from 2.9%-3.4% a year Wednesday.