Elsewhere in the region, the Polish zloty was gaining 0.5% versus the euro, while the Hungary’s forint was up 1%.
The leu opened down at 4.368/4.37 per euro. It further gained ground, fueled by euro sales, and traded near 4.36 for the reminder of the session.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3598 to the euro, the weakest rate in 17 months. Against the US dollar, however, the leu’s indicative won 0.3% on the day to 3.2255 units.
On the money market, overnight rates fell to 7.1%-7.6% a year, from 7.6%-8.1% a year Thursday.