The leu opened slightly down 4.421 per euro, from 4.4155/4.4183 per euro at Thursday close and further lost ground, after international players have placed several orders to buy euros.
At around 10:00 am, the leu traded at 4.426/4.4282 to the euro.
Elsewhere in the region, the leu’s peers were losing 0.2% to 0.3% versus the European common currency.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4165 to the euro Thursday, close to an all-time low of 4.4168 to the euro recorded on May 2, shortly after Romania’s former centrist government was toppled in a no-confidence motion.
On the money market Friday morning, overnight rates were at 4%-4.5% a year.