The leu opened down at 4.343/4.345 per euro, from 4.325/4.3275 per euro at Thursday’s closing. It further lost ground and at around 10:10 local time traded at 4.35/4.3515 per euro.
Elsewhere in the region, the leu’s peers were losing around 0.2% versus the euro.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.3218 to the euro Thursday, the weakest rate in 15 months.
On the money market Friday morning, overnight rates were at 5%-5.5% a year.