Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative gained 1.49% to 4.0777 units, from 4.1393 units Thursday.

The leu opened slightly higher at 4.4085/4.4105 per euro Friday, from 4.4127 to the euro at Thursday close. At around 1:00 local time, on the local market, the leu traded at 4.4104 per euro.

On the money market Friday, overnight rates fell to 0.33% – 0.73% a year, from 0.36% – 0.81% a year Thursday.