Against the US dollar, however, the leu’s indicative lost over 1% on the day to 3.3345 units.
The leu opened higher at 4.3475/4.3505 per euro, from 4.35/4.352 per euro at Tuesday’s closing. It further appreciated to an early high of 4.342 per euro and traded in narrow ranges for the first half of the session.
On the money market, overnight rates fell to 5.4%-5.8% a year, from 5.5%-6% a year in the previous day.