Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 1.2% on the day to 3.3337 units, the highest rate in two weeks.

The leu opened slightly down at 4.346/4.349 per euro, from 4.3445/4.3485 per euro at Wednesday close and moved in a tight range during early trading hours. Around noon, the currency strengthened to 4.33 to the euro.

In the money market, overnight rates inched down to 3%-3.5% a year, from 3.2%-3.7% a year Wednesday.