The leu opened at 4.419 per euro, from 4.428/4.4295 per euro at Thursday close, and traded around that level during early hours.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4298 to the euro Thursday, slightly stronger on the day. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative won almost 2% to 3.395 units, from a seven-and-a-half-month low of 3.4628 units Wednesday.
In the money market Friday morning, overnight rates were at 3.3%-3.7% a year.