At about 10:50 local time (GMT0850), the Bucharest bourse’s main index BET was down 0.45% from Friday closing level, with BRD (BRD.RO), Banca Transilvania and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) losing 1.69%, 1.46% and 0.64%, respectively.

General index BET-C was falling 0.64%, while benchmark index BET-BK added a mere 0.05%.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), advanced 0.34%, supported by SIF Crisana-Banat (SIF1.RO) (0.19%), SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) (0.26%) and SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) (0.62%).

The Bucharest bourse’ energy stocks tracker BET-NG fell 0.39%. (EUR1=RON4.4537)