At around 10:40 local time (GMT0740), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.6% from Friday closing level, while composite index BET-C was losing 0.4%.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and five regional investment funds (SIFs), was 0.92% lower, dragged down by four issuers. Proprietatea and SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) were trading up 0.61% and 0.7%, respectively.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was down 0.55%, and energy stocks tracker BET-NG was losing a mere 0.19%, with Transgaz (TGN.RO) and Transelectrica (TEL.RO) falling 0.12% and 0.3%, respectively. OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) was trading up 0.97%.

The bourse’s overall traded value reached just 1.56 million lei (EUR0.35 million) at 10:40, with RON0.8 million coming from share trades and RON0.75 million from transactions with structural products. (EUR1=RON4.3794)