Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.9% to 3.3104 units.
The leu opened down at 4.4385/4.441 per euro, from 4.4275/4.43 per euro at Thursday close, and traded near 4.44 to the euro in the first part of the day, amid low volumes.
Elsewhere in the region, the leu’s peers rebounded from a slow start and posted slight gains versus the European common currency.
In the money market, overnight rates stayed in the 0.8%-1.3% range, well below the central bank’s main lending rate of 4%.