At about 11:10 local time, the bourse’s BET index was 0.69% lower from Wednesday’s closing level, and general index BET-C was losing 0.55%.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and five regional investment funds (SIFs), was adding a mere 0.1%. Proprietatea was flat on the day.

The bourse’s overall traded value amounted to 2.6 million lei (EUR0.6 million), with RON2.1 million coming from share transactions. Petrom contributed some RON1.38 million through a special deal.

Proprietatea was the top traded issuer on the main market with transactions worth RON0.47 million.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was falling 0.33%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.46% lower.

Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was losing 1.14%, dragged down by its weightiest issuers: Transgaz (TGN.RO) (-2.58%), Petrom (-1.33%) and Transelectrica (TEL.RO) (-0.22%). (EUR1=RON4.4228)