The leu opened at 4.417/4.42 per euro, from 4.4215/4.423 per euro at Thursday close.
At around 10:00 am, the currency traded at 4.421/4.423 to the euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4281 versus the euro Thursday, the lowest level in two weeks. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.4% on the day to 3.4597 units, the weakest rate since mid-December 2012.
In the money market Friday morning, overnight rates were at 1.2%-1.7% a year.