The leu opened at 4.396/4.4025 per euro, from 4.3915/4.393 per euro at Friday’s close.
At about 10:00 a.m., the local currency traded at 4.415/4.419 to the euro.
The central bank Friday set the leu’s reference rate at 4.394 per euro, slightly up from 4.3975 per euro in the previous day.
In the money market Monday morning, overnight rates were at 1.5%- 2.5% a year.