Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost nearly 0.3% to 2.951 units.

The leu opened up at 4.196/4.198 per euro, from 4.2025/4.204 per euro at Thursday’s closing. It later lost ground and at around 13:00 local time traded at 4.206/4.2075 per euro.

On the money market, overnight rates were at 2.4%-2.9% a year, from 2.6%-3.1% a year Thursday.