At around 11:06 local time (GMT0806), the Bucharest market’s BET index was down 0.7% from Wednesday closing level, as shares of BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO) were falling 2% and Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) traded down 1%.
Composite index BET-C was losing 0.5%, despite a 3.6% increase of Oltchim (OLT.RO) stock.
BET-FI was down 0.2%, as Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) and SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) were all decreasing by 0.4%.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT was down 0.5%, but energy stocks tracker BET-NG was almost unmoved as SNP Petrom and Transelectrica (TEL.RO) were flat on the day.
Investors’ interest in trading on the Bucharest bourse was low, and the overall traded value was of just 1.5 million lei (EUR0.35 million) after more than an hour from the opening bell. (EUR1=RON4.3778)