The bourse’s BET index was down 0.51% at around 10:45 local time (GMT0745) and composite index BET-C was falling 0.17%.

Benchmark index BET-BK was losing a mere 0.03%, and BET-XT was 0.33% lower.

Investment fund tracker BET-FI was up 0.03%, with three issuers in green territory. Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) was trading down 0.08%, at 0.6645 lei (EUR0.15) a share.

Energy stocks index BET-NG was climbing 0.08%. Oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) was trading down 0.48% at 10:45. At around 11:00, Petrom climbed 1.18% and Fondul Proprietatea widened loss to 0.75%, after the fund announced it sold 1.11% of a planned stake of 1.77% the oil company for a total 246.6 million lei (EUR56.8 million).

Traded values were low, at 1.7 million lei (EUR0.4 million), with share trades contributing some RON1.68 million. (EUR1=RON4.3375)