Against the US dollar, the leu’s reference gained 0.1% on the day at 2.9244 units.
The leu opened flat at 4.217/4.22 per euro, but further lost ground, pushed down by foreign currency buy orders. It reached an early low of 4.23 per euro before recovering slightly and trading slightly above 4.22 per euro until mid-day.
On the money market, overnight rates were flat at 5.8%-6.3% a year.