At around 11:00 am, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was down a mere 0.11% and the main index BET was 0.18% lower from Monday close.
The BET-BK was losing 0.08% and extended blue-chip index BET-XT inched down 0.05%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG dropped 0.16%, dragged down by Transelectrica (TEL.RO), which fell 0.39%, and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), with a 0.23% decrease.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) gained 0.2%, helped by most issuers. Proprietatea was trading up 0.47%.
Overall trading in Bucharest was 1.12 million lei (EUR0.25 million) at 11:00. Erste Bank (EBS.RO) secured RON0.56 million through share transfers and was top-traded issuer on the main market. It was followed by SIF Transilvania with RON0.18 million. (EUR1=RON4.4232)