Friday, the leu closed at 4.509/4.512 to the euro.
The leu opened slightly up at 4.506/4.509 per euro and weakened above 4.51 per euro in the first part of the session. In late action, the local currency returned below 4.51 to the euro and hovered near that level for the remainder of the day.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.5114 versus the euro, slightly weaker on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative was 3.2471, from 3.2465 Friday.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 0.5-1% a year.