The Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C inched down 0.05%, to 2,659.44, and blue chip index BET lost 0.25%, to 4,747.24.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), lost 1.3%, dragged down by SIF Muntenia, which plummeted 11.74% after going ex-dividend. Proprietatea gained 0.42%, to 0.4800 lei (EUR0.10) a share.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT dropped 0.7%. The Bucharest bourse’s benchmark index BET-BK saw a slight decrease, of 0.07%. Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) closed up 0.74%, to RON68.5 (EUR15) a share.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG added 0.59%, helped by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) (+0.79%), Transelectrica (TEL.RO) (+1.53%) and Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO) (+0.61%). Transgaz (TGN.RO) was absent from trading.
The bourse’s overall traded value stood at RON26.4 million (EUR5.8 million), with bond deals contributing RON10.1 million (EUR2.2 million). Share trades amounted to RON14.3 million (EUR3.1 million), with RON5.7 million coming from three special deals with SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), Proprietatea, and BRD – Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO) shares.
Trades with structural products amounted to RON1.8 million (EUR 412,870).
Fondul Proprietatea was top-traded issuer on the main market, with share transactions worth RON2.03 million. It was followed by OMV Petrom, with RON1.8 million, and Erste Group Bank, with RON1.4 million. (EUR1=RON4.5638)