At around 10:55 a.m., the bourse’s composite index BET-C was down 0.24% and the main index BET was losing 0.33%.
The BET-BK was falling a mere 0.03% and extended blue-chip index BET-XT inched down 0.26%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was gaining 0.11%, supported by Transgaz (TGN.RO), which rose 0.11%, and Transelectrica, with a 0.85% increase. OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) was losing 0.28%.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP. RO), inched down 0.01%, with four issuers in red territory. SIF Crisana-Banat dropped 1.38%, a day after the country’s Financial Supervisory Authority approved its takeover of SAI Muntenia Invest, which administers the assets of regional investment fund SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO), which was absent from trading early Thursday.
Overall trading in Bucharest stood at 1.3 million lei (EUR0.29 million) at 10:55. Fondul SIF Crisana-Banat secured RON0.18 million through share transfers and was top-traded issuer on the main market. It was followed by Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), with RON0.1 million, and by Proprietatea, which lost 0.08%, with share transactions worth RON0.09 million.
Transelectrica contributed RON0.65 million through one special deal. (EUR1=RON4.4467)