Gandul
In 2009, the leu fell sharply, losing around six percent since the beginning of the year, on regional negative sentiment.
On the inter-bank market, the leu opened at RON4.2470/RON4.2520 against the euro, weaker than RON4.2230/RON4.2300 to the euro at the end of Friday’s trading session.
Then, the leu continued to depreciate against the euro, and touched a new low at RON4.2700 /RON4.2725 versus the euro, dealers said.
Romanian analysts think that any central bank’s intervention to support the Romanian leu would have limited and short-time effects, given investors’ negative sentiment on the region, and the leu will continue to depreciate in the upcoming period.