At around 11:00 local time (GMT0800), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.2% from Monday closing level, with Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) losing 0.23%. Lenders Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) and BRD (BRD.RO) were both falling 0.5%.
Composite index BET-C was losing a mere 0.15% and Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was 0.23% lower.
BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and five regional investment funds (SIFs), was down 0.34% with only SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) in green territory, with a 1% increase. The five other issuers were losing between 0.07% and 0.5%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was stable on the day, with only two active issuers: Transgaz (TGN.RO), which inched up 0.05%, and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), which was flat on the day.
The bourse’s overall traded value was scarce, at about 0.93 million lei (EUR0.2 million) at 11:00.
Transgaz was top-traded issuers on the main market, with share transfers worth about RON0.11 million. (EUR1=RON4.5224)