Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost around 0.5% on the day to 3.2808 units.

The leu opened at 4.358/4.356 per euro, from 4.3565/4.3585 per euro at Tuesday close, and further depreciated, trading near 4.37 to the euro in the first half of the day.

In the money market, overnight rates were at 1.2%-1.7% a year.