Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 0.6% to 3.4179 units.
The leu opened down at 4.54 per euro, from 4.5222/4.524 per euro at Thursday close, but further appreciated and hit an early high of 4.5165 to the euro.
Around noon, the currency traded near 4.52 versus the euro.
In the money market, overnight rates were slightly up at 2.3%-2.8% a year, from 2%-2.5% a year Thursday.