Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.4% on the day to 3.3562 units.
The leu opened slightly up at 4.415 per euro, from 4.4205/4.4225 per euro at Thursday close, but depreciated shortly after, trading near 4.4 to the euro in the first part of the session.
In the money market, overnight rates inched down to 3.3%-3.8% a year, from 3.5%-4% a year Thursday.