The leu opened slightly up at 4.415 per euro, from 4.4205/4.4225 per euro at Thursday close, but depreciated shortly after, hitting an early low of 4.426 to the euro.
At around 10:30 am, the leu traded at 4.422/4.424 per euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4255 versus the euro Thursday, the lowest level in two weeks. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.76% on the day to 3.342 units.
In the money market Friday morning, overnight rates were at 3.5%-4% a year.