The leu opened at 4.309/4.312 to the euro, from 4.304/4.3055 at Thursday’s closing.
Dealers said news of G20 action to fight the crisis in Europe helped risky currencies cover part of their sharp losses registered Thursday. The leu shortly traded at 4.301/4.303 to the euro and rates touched 4.3045/4.3075 at around 10:15 local time.
The central bank on Thursday set the leu’s reference at 4.3081 to the euro, the lowest rate this year.
On the money market Friday morning, overnight rates stood at 3.5%-4.5% a year.