The leu traded below 4.41 to the euro by closing time Friday, after touching the day’s low at 4.4158 units in the morning, on worries about the Ukraine conflict and bad economic data in the European Union.
The local currency closed at 4.406 to the euro, from 4.407 to the euro Thursday.
Elsewhere in the region, the Hungarian forint was flat versus the European currency, while the Polish zloty gained 0.2%.
Romania’s central bank set the leu’s exchange rate at 4.4126 per euro, the weakest level of the week.
On the money market, overnight rates were flat at 2%-2.5% a year.