The leu closed at 4.4422 per euro, from 4.4442 units a day before.
The national currency opened at 4.445/4.446 per euro, and reached a high of 4.4385 per euro and a low of 4.4465 throughout the day.
The Romanian leu gained ground against the euro by midday Friday and the central bank’s reference rose 0.12% to 4.4402 units, while the leu’s indicative against the US dollar lost 0.65% on the day to a new record low of 4.0491 units.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.1457 units, slightly up from 4.1532 Thursday.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 0.24%-0.62%, from 0.26%-0.64% a day before.