The leu opened at 4.457/4.46 to the euro, from 4.458/4.4585 to the euro at Thursday closing.
After the first hour of the session, the leu varied insignificantly.
On Thursday, the central bank set the leu’s reference rate at 4.4595 per euro, little changed from 4.4593 per euro the day before.
On the money market Friday morning, overnight rates were flat ion the day at 5%-5.5% a year.