The national currency opened at 4.4795/4.4815 per euro Friday, slightly stronger from 4.4850 at Thursday closing session.
Later, the leu hovered around 4.48 units to the euro, on low transferred volumes, and shortly after 10:00 a.m. (GMT0700), it was trading at 4.4770/4.4800 per euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate at 4.4847 to the euro Thursday, a new 11-week low versus the euro.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.15% on the day to 3.3744 units.
On the money market Friday morning, overnight rates fell slightly to 2.5%-3% a year.