The leu opened at 4.533/4.5355 to the euro, slightly changed from 4.5325/4.5345 to the euro at Friday closing.
Within the first hour of trading, the leu stayed mostly unchanged, as volumes were very low, dealers said. The other currencies in the region were also flat against the euro.
Friday, Romania’s central bank set the leu’s exchange rate at 4.5376 per euro, little moved from 4.5379 per euro in the previous session.
On the money market Monday morning, overbnight rates were slightly up to 5.5%-6% a year.