The leu exceeded the threshold of 4.66 units versus the euro Friday morning, at around 10:50 a.m., and it gradually stabilized, touching 4.6614 units per euro at 1 p.m.
The depreciation of the leu over the past days was fuelled by political turmoil.
President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday named ruling Social Democratic Party nominee Viorica Dancila as prime minister designate. Dancila was proposed prime minister by the social democrats after power tensions within the party forced out the second prime minister in seven months, namely Mihai Tudose.