Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 1.29% on the day to 4.062 units.

The central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the Swiss franc at 4.2656 units, similar with 4.2654 Thursday.

The leu opened at 4.4183 per euro, higher than 4.4230 to the euro at Thursday close. At around 1:00 local time, on the local market, the leu traded at 4.4131 to the euro.

In the money market, overnight rates were at 1.61% – 2.04%, from 0.49% – 0.92% the previous day.