The leu opened at 4.4085 to the euro, from 4.4127 to the euro at previous close, and it soon touched the day’s high at 4.408 units.
The transferred volumes were very low in the first half of the session, when the local currency was mainly stable, but it started to lose ground in the afternoon, reaching a low at 4.421 units, by closing hours.
The central bank set the leu’s exchange rate at 4.411 per euro, from 4.4125 per euro on Thursday.
On the money market Friday morning, overnight rates were down to 0.33%-0.73% a year, from 0.36%-0.81% in the previous session.