The Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C fell 0.44% to 2,631.78, and blue chip index BET dropped 0.85%, to 4,689.00.

The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea, lost 0.42%, as all but one issuer closed in red. Proprietatea ended down 0.58%, to 0.5155 lei (EUR0.11) a share. SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) gained 1.43%.

The extended blue-chip index BET-XT declined 0.7%.

The Bucharest bourse’s benchmark index BET-BK lost 0.46%, with Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) ending down 1.47%, to RON67 (EUR14.7) a share.

Energy stocks tracker BET-NG gained 0.42%, supported by Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO), which closed up 5.63% to RON0.0319 a share, and by Transelectrica (TEL.RO), with a tepid 0.07% increase.

OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) dropped 1.04% and Transgaz (TGN.RO) lost 0.48%.

The bourse’s overall traded value stood at RON17 million (EUR3.7 million). Share trades amounted to RON15.4 million (EUR3.4 million), of which RON7.06 million were covered by two special deals with Proprietatea and OMV Petrom shares, of RON5.1 million and RON1.9 million, respectively.

Proprietatea was top-traded issuer on the main market with share trades worth RON2.26 million. It was followed by Erste Group Bank, with RON1.6 million, and Impact Developer & Contractor (IMP.RO), with RON1.19 million. (EUR1=RON4.5364)