Friday, the leu closed at 4.336/4.338 per euro.
The national currency opened up at 4.33/4.332 per euro and further appreciated, hitting the day’s high of 4.3075 per euro in the second half of the session.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3146 to the euro, the strongest rate in two months. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 0.5% on the day to 3.3127 units.
On the money market, overnight rates were slightly up on the day at 4.7%-5.2% a year.