BET, the main index of the Bucharest market, closed down 29.34 points, or 0.49%, at 5,923.21, while composite index BET-C lost 9.81 points, or 0.31%, to 3,115.65.

Banca Transilvania closed at 1.425 lei (EUR0.32) per share, down 0.97% from Friday closing price, while BRD ended 0.9% lower, at RON8.85. Other blue-chips also ended in red, with Transgaz (TGN.RO) dropping 0.79% and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) shedding 0.22%. Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) inched down 0.07% to RON0.7025 per share.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), ended down 145.75 points, or 0.56%, to 25,980.72. SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) and SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) had the heaviest losses, of 1.5% and 1.29% respectively.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was down 0.42%, while energy stocks index BET-NG decreased 0.17%.

The value of share transfers was reduced, at RON17.4 million (EUR3.9 million), while the bourse’s overall traded value was at RON20.8 million (EUR4.7 million) lifted by transactions with bonds and structured products. (EUR1=RON4.4288)