Thursday, the leu closed at 4.452/4.4525 per euro.
The leu strengthened to an early high of 4.4475 to the euro, then, it further lost ground and, at around 10:15 local time, it traded at 4.4555/4.4565 against the euro.
Thursday, the central bank set the leu’s exchange rate at 4.4625 per euro, down 0.16% from 4.4698 per euro in the previous day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative barely moved, to 3.2273, from 3.2292 units the day before.
In the money market Friday morning, overnight rates were at 2.75%-3.5%.