The Bucharest bourse’s BET index ended down 0.27% from Tuesday’s closing level, with OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and BRD (BRD.RO) falling 1.5% and 0.9%, respectively.

Composite index BET-C closed 0.37% lower and benchmark index BET-BK lost 0.64%.

Investment fund tracker BET-FI decreased 0.13%, weighed down by the five regional investment funds (SIFs), which lost between 0.1% and 1.3%. Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) gained 0.8%.

Energy stocks index BET-NG closed down 0.28%.

The bourse’s overall traded value was RON20.2 million (EUR4.6 million). Erste Bank Group was again top traded issuer on the main market, with share transactions worth about RON4.7 million. It was followed by Proprietatea, with RON3.1 million, Petrom, with RON2 million, and SIF Transilvania, with RON1.5 million.

Transgaz (TGN.RO), which closed up 0.2%, contributed some RON1.3 million through two special deals. (EUR1=RON4.3497)