The leu closed at 4.445/4.4475 per euro, from 4.45/4.4515 per euro a day earlier.
The local currency has opened at 4.4485 to the euro and weakened beyond 4.45 to the euro in the first half of the session before returning below that level during late trading hours. The leu ranged from a low of 4.4575 per euro to a high of 4.445 per euro at close time.
Elsewhere in the region Friday afternoon, the leu’s peers were gaining around 0.2% versus the euro.
Romania’s central bank set a reference rate for the leu at 4.4537 units, slightly weaker from 4.4508 to the euro Thursday. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative was set at 3.2259 units, barely changed from yesterday’s 3.2257.
In the money market, overnight rates were at 2%-2.5% a year, slightly down on the day.