The leu opened at 4.469/4.47 per euro, from 4.4625/4.4655 at Thursday close. It further depreciated, trading between 4.47 and 4.4735 to the euro in morning action.
The central bank set the leu’s reference at 4.4653 versus the euro Thursday, the weakest rate in 10 weeks. Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative lost 0.2% on the day to 3.382 units.
In the money market Friday morning, overnight rates were at 2.6%-2.8% a year.