In early action Friday, Petrom’s shares were trading at RON0.4388, down 3.13% on the day, as investors who buy stock today are no longer entitled to dividends from last year profits.
The Bucharest bourse’s BET index closed down 0.83%, and composite index BET-C ended 0.71% lower on the day.
The overall turnover was 36 million lei (EUR8.3 million), of which RON34.2 million came from share trades and RON1.7 million from transactions with structural products.
Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) was top-traded issuer on the main market, with share trades worth RON7.6 million, and contributed some RON14.4 million through five special deals.
BET-FI, which tracks Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), gained 0.37% supported by four issuers. Proprietatea closed down 0.23%.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was up a mere 0.11%, while BET-XT dropped 0.51%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG fell 1.43%. Petrom closed down at RON0.4326 a share. (EUR1=RON4.3241)