The leu closed at 4.408/4.4095 per euro, from 4.405/4.4083 per euro Thursday.
The local currency opened at 4.412 to the euro and moved in narrow ranges throughout the session. Market participants said trading volume remains high, fueled by capital inflows from foreigners, who continue to buy Romanian bonds.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4164 versus the euro, a fresh record high for the past nine and a half months. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.4% on the day, at 3.241 units.
In the money market, overnight rates rose to 0.9%-1.4% a year, from 0.2%-0.7% a year in the previous session.