Thus, BRD shares were down 5.91%, Banca Transilvania’s down 4.52%, while Erste Group Bank closed down 5.72% on the day.
The Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C dropped 2.58%, 2.3% below the closing of the last trading session in 2011. Also, blue chip index BET fell 3.11%.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) lost 2.90%. Proprietatea closed down 1.62%, to RON0.4750 (EUR0.10) a share. SIF Banat Crisana (SIF1.RO) and SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) closed down 3.90% and 4.17%, respectively.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT closed 3.16% lower. The Bucharest bourse’s benchmark index BET-BK dropped 2.93%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG saw a 1.63% decrease. OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) lost 1.96%, Transelectrica (TEL.RO) fell 1.61% while Transgaz (TGN.RO) was up 1.08%. Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO) closed down 4.55%.
The bourse’s overall turnover stood at 20.36 million lei (EUR4.42 million), higher from 5.9 million lei (EUR1.3 million) on Friday. Share trades amounted to RON15.53 million (EUR3.37 million).
Fondul Proprietatea, which closed down 1.62%, was top-traded issuer on the main market, with share transactions worth RON6.98 million. It was followed by SIF Transilvania (SIF2.RO), with RON2.23 million, and SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), with RON1.27 million. (EUR1=RON4.6009)