Friday, the leu closed at 4.466/4.469 to the euro.
The national currency opened at 4.4706 per euro and further lost ground, hitting a low of 4.4935 per euro in the first half of the session. In the afternoon, the leu recovered some of its earlier losses and traded below 4.49 per euro for the reminder of the day.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4898 to the euro, 0.7% weaker on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative was set at 3.5728 units, also 0.7% weaker compared with the previous session.
In the money market, overnight rates were flat at 4.9%-5.4% a year.