The leu closed at 4.426/4.427 to the euro, from 4.428/4.4295 to the euro at Thursday close.
The leu opened at 4.419 units and traded around the 4.42 level for most of the session. By closing time, the leu slipped towards 4.43 per euro.
“The transferred volumes were very low, both on the local market and in the region, so that a somewhat larger order might have moved the quotations,” a dealer said.
Romania’s central bank set Friday the leu’s exchange rate at 4.421, about 0.2% stronger on the day.
On the money market, overnight rates were slightly down on the day, at 3.1%-3.6% a year.