The leu closed at 4.4348 per euro, lower than 4.4139 to the euro at Thursday close.
The Romanian leu slightly lost ground versus the euro by midday Friday and the Romanian central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4306 units, down 0.35% from 4.4151 the previous day.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.38% on the day to 4.144 units.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.199 units, down from 4.1599 Thursday.
In the money market Friday, overnight rates were at 0.21%-0.58% a year, from 0.21%-0.56% a year the previous day.