The leu closed at 4.412 per euro, lower than 4.401 to the euro at Thursday close.
The Romanian leu lost ground versus the euro by midday Friday and the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4105 units, down 0.32% from 4.3965 the previous day.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 1.53% on the day to 4.1559 units.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.2462 units, down from 4.2112 Thursday.
In the money market Friday, overnight rates were at 0.62% – 1.02% a year, from 0.67%-1.1% a year the previous day.