Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative was set at 3.5728 units, also 0.7% weaker on the day.

The leu opened at 4.406 per euro, from 4.466/4.469 to the euro at Friday close. It further depreciated and hit an intraday low of 4.4935 per euro.

At around 1:00 pm, the leu traded at 4.491/4.4935 against the euro.

In the money market, overnight rates were flat at 4.9%-5.4% a year.