The leu opened at 4.456/4.459 to the euro, higher from 4.464/4.466 Tuesday at noon, in pre-Christmas trading.
In the first hour of trading, the national currency moved in a tight range of 4.455 to 4.4575 against the euro and at 10:00 local time (GMT0800), it was trading at 4.4565/4.4595 versus the euro.
The central bank Tuesday set the leu’s exchange rate at 4.4649, stronger from 4.4756 per euro in the previous session.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s reference also gained more than 0.2% to 3.2647 units, from 3.2719 units the day before.
On the money market Friday morning, overnight rates rose slightly to 1.75%- 2.25% a year, from 1.59% – 2.09% a year Tuesday.