The leu closed at 4.5745/4.577 to the euro, 0.5% weaker from 4.5495/4.5515 to the euro Thursday.
Elsewhere in the region, the leu’s peers were advancing against the euro, after official data showed US unemployment rate fell to 7.8% in September, dropping below 8% for the first time in three-and-a-half years.
The leu opened at 4.551/4.5535 per euro and further depreciated, pushed lower by growing demand for foreign currency.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.5694 to the euro, a fresh new record low in the past two months. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative retreated modestly to 3.5117 units, from 3.5104 units Thursday.
In the money market, overnight rates were flat at 4.4%-4.9% a year.