At around 10:40 a.m., the bourse’s composite index BET-C was falling 1.2% from Tuesday close and the main index BET was 1.37% lower, with all issuers in red territory. Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) was down 1.38% and its other weighty issuers, BRD (BRD.RO), Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), were losing 2.59%, 0.92% and 0.66%, respectively.
Benchmark index BET-BK was down 1.45%, and the BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Proprietatea, fell about 2%, weighed down by all issuers, which lost between 1.38% and 2.56%.
Petrom, Transelectrica (TEL.RO) and Transgaz (TGN.RO) dragged BET-NG in red territory. The energy tracker was losing 0.63%.
Wider BET-XT was 1.55% lower.
Overall trading in Bucharest amounted to RON6.1 million (EUR1.3 million) at 10:40. The bourse’s liquidity was lifted by Proprietatea, with share transfers worth RON1.7 million, BRD, with RON0.78 million, and Banca Transilvania with RON1.28 million, coming from share trades and one special deal. (EUR1=RON4.4402)