Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.63% on the day to 3.5697 units.

The leu opened at 4.4425/4.4435 per euro, weaker from 4.439 to the euro at Thursday close. At around 1:00 pm, it traded at 4.4411/4.4415 to the euro.

In the money market, overnight rates fell to 0.06%-0.46% a year, from 0.08%-0.49% a year Thursday.