The leu opened at 4.3950 to the euro, slightly down from 4.389/4.392 per euro at Thursday close.
At around 10:45 local time, the national currency traded at 4.394/4.3955 against the euro.
Thursday, the central bank set the leu’s a reference rate at 4.3964 units, up 0.2% from 4.4063 units a day earlier. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative strengthened at a similar pace and reached 3.229 units, versus 3.2361 units in the previous session.
In the money market Friday morning, overnight rates were at 2%-3%, from 1.77% – 2.27 a year Thursday.