The leu opened at 4.488 to the euro, stronger from 4.4915/4.495 to the euro at Thursday close.
At around 10:15 local time (GMT0815), the national currency traded at 4.4845/4.4865 per euro.
Thursday, the central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4949 versus the euro, stronger from 4.4997 per euro Wednesday. However, the leu’s indicative against the US dollar weakened 1% to 3.2642 units.
In the money market Friday morning, overnight rates were at 0.5%-1% a year.