The leu opened at 4.441 to the euro, slightly up from 4.4415 per euro at Thursday close.
In the first trading hour, the national currency traded at 4.4405/4.4438 against the euro.
Thursday, the central bank’s reference slid 0.17% to 4.4423 units, the lowest rate in two and a half months. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative weakened to 3.2821 units, its lowest level in the past 19 weeks.
In the money market Friday morning, overnight rates were at 0.5%-1%, from 0.31% – 0.81 a year Thursday.