Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.28% on the day to 3.5533 units.

The leu opened at 4.418/4.4205 per euro, modestly higher from 4.422 to the euro at Thursday close. At around 1:00 pm, it traded at 4.4248 to the euro.

In the money market, overnight rates were at 0.2%-0.65%, from 0.26%-0.74% a year Thursday.