At around 10:40 local time, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was gaining a mere 0.13%, while the main index BET was down 0.53%

The benchmark index BET-BK was falling 0.26%, and the BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was losing a mere 0.55%. Proprietatea was absent from trading.

Energy tracker BET-NG was increasing 0.46%, while the wider BET-XT was down 0.23%.

Overall trading in Bucharest amounted to 3.35 million lei (EUR0.77 million) at 10:40, with RON2.93 million coming from share trades.

SIF Crisana-Banat (SIF1.RO) was top-traded issuer on the main market, with deals worth RON0.25 million. SIF Transilvania followed with RON0.24 million. (EUR1=RON4.3485)