At 11:00 local time (GMT0800), the Bucharest market’s BET index was down 0.9% from Friday’s closing level, and composite index BET-C was losing 0.83%.

Investment fund tracker BET-FI was 1.31% lower. Proprietatea was trading down 0.72%

Energy stocks index BET-NG fell 0.69%, dragged down mainly by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and Transgaz (TGN.RO), which decreased 0.47% and 0.54%, respectively.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK lost some 1%.

The bourse’s liquidity was reduced, at around 3 million lei (EUR0.67 million), with Proprietatea contributing RON1.7 million through share transfers.(EUR1=RON4.52)