The leu closed at 4.341/4.345 per euro, from 4.3365/4.3385 per euro Thursday.
It opened at 4.3384/4.34 to the euro and hit an early high of 4.33 to the euro before turning to losses.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3394 per euro, barely changed on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost a modest 0.1% to 3.3024 units.
On the money market, overnight rates were flat at 3.6%-4.1% a year.