It opened down at 4.336/4.338 per euro, but recovered slightly afterwards and traded near 4.33 per euro for most of the session.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3295 to the euro, modestly higher on the day. Against the US dollar, however, the leu’s indicative lost 0.2% on the day at 3.144 units.
On the money market, overnight rates were at 2.2%-2.7% a year, from 2.5%-3% a year Thursday.