The leu opened at 4.1125/4.115 per euro, from 4.114/4.116 per euro at Thursday’s closing.
At around GMT0750, the leu traded at 4.1075/4.109 to the euro, amid average volumes.
The Romanian economy expanded by 0.6% in the first quarter, after a meager recovery of just 0.1% three months earlier, a flash estimate of the country’s statistics institute showed earlier Friday.
Preliminary adjusted data showed the first-quarter gross domestic product increased by 0.3% from the same period of 2010. In unadjusted data, the annual growth was 1.6%.
The central bank set the leu’s indicative at 4.0997 per euro Thursday, weaker on the day.
On the money market Friday morning, overnight rates were at 3.2%-3.7% a year.