In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.437/4.4385 against the euro, from 4.438 per euro at Thursday close. It ranged from a high of 4.436 per euro and a low of 4.4385 per euro.
On international markets, at around 10:30 local time, the Swiss franc traded at 0.9423 units against the euro.
The Romanian leu gained ground versus the euro by midday Thursday and the Romanian central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.4316 units, up 0.23% from 4.442 the previous day.
The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.2024 units, up from 4.2388 Thursday. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 0.48% on the day to 3.9081 units.