The leu’s exchange rate was set at 4.5495 per euro, from 4.5252 per euro Thursday. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.6% on the day to 3.7274 units.
The leu lost 5.3% against the euro and over 11.6% against the US dollar since the end of 2011.
The national currency opened flat at 4.539 per euro, but started to depreciate shortly after, hitting an all-time low of 4.57 per euro on the interbank market
At around 1:00 pm, the leu traded at 4.56/4.563 to the euro.
In the money market, overnight rates fell to 1.7%-2.2% a year, from 2.2%-2.7% a year Thursday, amid liquidity surplus.