The stock market registered a 1.16% decrease from the beginning of the week. In August, the stock exchange closed in the green only in three of eight total trading sessions.
The Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C lost 0.4% on the day, and blue chip index BET fell 0.23%.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), gained 0.59%, fueled by Proprietatea, which ended up 0.68%, to 0.511 lei (EUR0.11) a share, and SIF Banat Crisana (SIF1.RO), which gained 1.48%.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT was down a mere 0.08%.
The Bucharest bourse’s benchmark index BET-BK lost 0.42%, with Oltchim (OLT.RO) closing down 14.95%, to RON0.846 a share.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG increased 0.47%, with the sharpest growth seen by Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO), of 4.7%. Dafora (DAFR.RO) and Transgaz (TGN.RO) also increased by 0.57% and 0.51%, respectively.
The bourse’s overall traded value stood at RON14.89 million (EUR3.28 million). Share trades amounted to RON13.45 million (EUR2.96 million), down 25% on the day.
Almost half of the traded value was fueled by a deal with SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) shares, worth about RON4 million and a transaction with Proprietatea shares, which reached RON2 million.
Fondul Proprietatea was top-traded issuer on the main market with share trades worth RON1.9 million. OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) followed with share transactions of RON1.04 million.(EUR1=RON4.5396)