The leu opened at 4.313 per euro, from 4.317/4.32 per euro at Thursday’s closing. It moved around 4.31 per euro in the first hour and at around 10:20 local time traded at 4.3095/4.3115 per euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3218 to the euro Thursday, slightly stronger on the day.
On the money market Friday morning, overnight rates were at 4.7%-5.2% a year.