At around 10:15 local time, the leu traded at 4.4085/4.4105 per euro, stronger than 4.4127 to the euro at Thursday close.
Thursday, the Romanian central bank set the leu’s exchange rate at 4.4125 per euro, 0.17% stronger on the day.
Against the US dollar, the leu’s reference gained almost 0.8% to 4.1393 units.