At around 11:10 a.m., the bourse’s composite index BET-C was down 0.44% and main index BET was losing 0.66% from Wednesday close.

The BET-BK was 0.2% lower and the wider BET-XT index was falling 0.46%.

The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), fell a mere 0.04%, dragged down SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) (-0.08%), SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) (-0.93%), SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) (-0.16%) and Proprietatea, which was losing 0.46%. SIF Crisana-Banat (SIF1.RO) was gaining 2.34%.

Energy tracker BET-NG inched 0.23% lower, as OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) was losing 0.24%, Transelectrica (TEL.RO) was down 0.16% and Transgaz (TGN.RO) was falling 0.24%.

Overall trading in Bucharest stood at 1.1 million lei (EUR0.25 million) at 11:10, with share transactions contributing RON0.8 million. SIF Transilvania was top-traded issuer on the main market with share transfers worth RON0.21 million. (EUR1=RON4.4040)