The Bucharest bourse’s BET index ended down 1.09% from Thursday’s closing level, dragged down by Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) (-1.42%), BRD (BRD.RO) (-1.84%) and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) (-1.24%).

Composite index BET-C closed 0.78% lower, and benchmark index BET-BK lost 0.87%.

Investment fund tracker BET-FI decreased 0.96% with the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) in red territory. Proprietatea closed down 0.08%.

Energy stocks index BET-NG dropped 1.1%, with Transgaz (TGN.RO) losing 1.16% and Transelectrica (TEL.RO) falling 1.75%.

The bourse’s overall traded value was 40.6 million lei (EUR9.3 million), with RON37 million coming from share transactions, RON2.3 million from transactions with structural products and RON1.2 million from two bond deals.

Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), which closed flat on the day, was top-traded issuer on the main market, with transfers worth almost RON7 million, and was followed by Proprietatea with RON4.7 million.

BDR, Petrom, Transgaz and Proprietatea contributed RON10.2 million, RON5.3 million, RON2 million and RON1.3 million, respectively, through several special deals. (EUR1=RON4.3794)