The leu closed at 4.3425/4.345 per euro, from 4.3385/4.341 per euro Thursday.
It opened down on the day at 4.343/4.345 per euro, but further gained ground, hitting an early high of 4.3365 per euro, amid improving sentiment in the region after EU leaders said they’ve reached an agreement to strengthen financial discipline and ease the debt crisis.
In the afternoon, however, the leu turned to losses and traded above 4.34 per euro until closing.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3397 to the euro, a fresh record high in the past five weeks. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative retreated modestly to 3.2452 units, from 3.2421 units a day earlier.
On the money market, overnight rates were flat at 5.6%-6.1% a year.