Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative was virtually unchanged at 2.926 units.
The leu opened at 4.23/4.231 per euro, from 4.236/4.2375 per euro at Thursday’s closing. It further lost ground to an early low of 4.242 per euro, pushed by growing demand for foreign currency.
At around 13:00 local time, the leu traded near 4.24 to the euro.
On the money market, overnight rates rose to 4%-4.5% a year, from 3.8%-4.3% a year Thursday.