The leu closed at 4.446 per euro, lower than 4.4374 to the euro at Thursday close.
The Romanian leu lost ground versus the euro by midday Friday and the Romanian central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4472 units, down 0.25% from 4.436 the previous day.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 0.52% on the day to 4.2012 units.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.1728 units, down from 4.169 Thursday.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 0.21%-0.58% a year Friday, from 0.21%-0.59% a year Thursday.