At around 11:05 a.m., the bourse’s composite index BET-C was down 0.23%, while the main index BET was losing 0.43% from Friday close.
The BET-BK inched down 0.07%, while the BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP. RO), rose 0.32%, supported by SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), which added 0.56%, SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO), with a 3.7% increase, and SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO), which gained 0.74%.
Energy tracker BET-NG was down 0.33%, weighed down by Transgaz (TGN.RO) (-0.78%) and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) (-0.44%). Transelectrica (TEL.RO) was up 0.23%.
The wider BET-XT index fell 0.14%.
Overall trading in Bucharest was extremely low, at 0.27 million lei (EUR0.06 million) at 11:05. Fondul Proprietatea, which was down 0.39%, was top-traded issuer on the main market with share transfers worth RON0.08 million. (EUR1=RON4.4283)