The leu closed at 4.336/4.338 per euro, from 4.3415/4.343 per euro Thursday.
Elsewhere in the region, the Polish zloty was gaining 0.7% versus the euro, but the Hungary’s forint retreated 1% after the International Monetary Fund and the EU broke off talks on a bailout package because of government’s intention to merge the central bank with the national financial regulator.
The leu opened flat at 4.341/4.342 per euro touched the day’s high of 4.336 per euro in the second half of the session.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3409 to the euro, slightly stronger on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won 0.3% to 3.3308 units, from a 15-month low of 3.3423 units Thursday.
On the money market, overnight rates fell to 4.6%-5.1% a year, from 5.2%-5.7% a year in the previous session.