The leu closed at 4.424/4.4265 to the euro, weaker than 4.416/4.4175 to the euro at Thursday close.
It had opened slightly stronger, at 4.414/4.417 to the euro, but soon entered a slight downward path until reaching the day’s low at 4.427 to the euro. In the second part of the session, the leu varied slightly around 4.425 units, in a quiet market where transferred volumes were lower than Thursday.
The central bank set the leu’s exchange rate at 4.4251, some 0.2% weaker than 4.4153 a day before.
On the money market, overnight rates fell slightly to 5.5%-6% a year.