Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.44% on the day to 3.425 units.

The leu opened at 4.416/4.4175 to the euro, slightly higher from 4.4192 per euro at Wednesday close. At around 1:00 pm, it traded at 4.409/4.4115 to the euro.

In the money market, overnight rates were at 2.81%-3.31%, from 2.79%-3.29% a year Wednesday.