The leu closed at 4.2265/4.228 per euro, from 4.231/4.234 per euro Thursday.
Elsewhere in the region, the leu’s peers were advancing 0.3% on average versus the European common currency.
The leu opened flat at 4.23/4.232 per euro, but further lost ground, reaching an early low of 4.2345 per euro. It later switched course and hit the day’s high at 4.217 per euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.2291to the euro, the lowest rate in almost four months. The leu continued to retreat versus the Swiss franc and hit a fresh record low of 3.5099 units, from 3.505 units a day earlier.
On the money market, overnight rates were flat at 2.7%-3.2% a year.