The leu closed at 4.5325/4.5345 to the euro, from 4.5365/4.5395 to the euro Thursday.
The currency opened close to 4.54 per euro and hovered around that level in the first half of the day, in a quiet market. In the afternoon, euro sales pushed the currency to a 4.53-high versus the euro, but volumes remained scarce.
Elsewhere in the region Friday afternoon, the leu’s peers were mostly flat against the euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.5376 per euro, little changed from 4.5379 per euro in the previous day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.2% to 3.5637 units.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 5.4%-5.9% a year, from 5.2%-5.7% a year Thursday.