Oltchim shares were back to trading Wednesday morning, after having been suspended during the last eight sessions on the company’s sale.
The state’s stake was auctioned off for some 203 million lei (EUR45 million) on September 21, but the winner, a controversial local politician and journalist, failed to produce the money by the October 1 deadline.
Oltchim shares closed down 14.98%, at RON0.5535 per share, at a total traded value of RON164,000.
Composite index BET-C decreased 0.84%, and blue chip index BET closed down 0.95%.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea, closed down 0.35%. Proprietatea decreased a mere 0.09%, to RON0.5275 a share.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT was down 0.91%, and benchmark index BET-BK decreased 1.14%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG ended down 0.52%.
The bourse’s overall traded value stood at RON10.4 million (EUR2.3 million). Share trades amounted to RON6.7 million (EUR1.49 million).
Proprietatea was the top-traded issuer on the main market with share transactions worth RON3.32 million. (EUR1=RON4.5262)