Thursday, the leu closed at 4.356/4.357 to the euro.
Elsewhere in the region Friday afternoon, the Hungary’s forint was losing 0.6% versus the euro, while the Polish zloty was down 0.15%.
The leu opened flat against euro, but further depreciated, amid a negative sentiment in the region after Moody’s cut to junk its rating on the Hungarian economy.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.362 per euro, the weakest rate in 17 months. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 1.16% on the day to 3.2926 units, the lowest level since January.
On the money market, overnight rates were slightly down at 5.5%-6% a year, from 5.6%-6.1% a year Thursday.