At around 10:57 a.m. (GMT0757), the Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C was down 0.43%, while blue chip index BET was 0.58% lower.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was up 0.26%. Proprietatea shares traded 0.56% lower, but the index was kept afloat by SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO), which was up 1.2%, and SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO), which was up 0.9%.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT was down 0.27%, while benchmark index BET-BK inched down 0.1%. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was losing 0.15%.
The bourse’s overall traded value stood at RON1.8 million (EUR0.4 million), but share trades accounted for less than half of the total, with the rest coming from deals with structured products. (EUR1=RON4.5037)