The leu opened at 4.526/4.529 to the euro, slightly stronger than 4.529/4.531 to the euro at Thursday close. But it soon turned south and touched an early low at 4.5345/4.5365 per euro.
At around 10:30 local time (GMT0830), the leu traded at 4.5335/4.5345 versus the European currency, while the Hungarian forint and the Polish zloty were slightly stronger against the euro.
The Romanian central bank set Thursday the leu’s exchange rate at 4.5275 per euro, from 4.5261 per euro the day before.
On the money market Friday morning, overnight rates stayed below 1% a year.