The Bucharest bourse’s BET index fell 0.26%, with Proprietatea, OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and BRD (BRD.RO) losing 1.5%, 1.06% and 1.17%, respectively.

Composite index BET-C both closed down 0.35% and benchmark index BET-BK fell 0.34%.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs) lost a mere 0.19%, dragged down by Proprietatea.

Energy stocks tracker BET-NG decreased 0.16%, weighed down by Petrom and Transelectrica (TEL.RO), which fell 0.38%. Transgaz (TGN.RO) rose 1.11% but was unable to offset their decrease.

Extended blue-chip index BET-XT closed 0.07% lower.

The overall traded value amounted to 27.5 million lei (EUR6 million) with RON25 million coming from share trades and about RON2 million from transactions with structural products.

Fondul Proprietatea was again top-traded issuer on the main market with transfers worth RON5.4 million and was followed by Petrom with RON2.7 million. The fund also contributed some RON5.2 million through one special deal.

Also, BRD, SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO), Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) and Transgaz secured some RON6 million through several special deals. (EUR1=RON4.5209)