At around 10:38 local time (GMT0838), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was 0.22% lower, while BET-FI, which tracks the five regional investment funds and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was down 0.09%. Fondul Proprietatea inched 0.12% lower, while the SIFs opened in mixed trends.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was down 0.21%, while BET-XT traded down 0.15%. Energy sector index BET-NG was down 0.17%.
The value of share transfers was of 1.05 million lei (EUR0.2 million) in the first half an hour of trading, with Fondul Proprietatea and OMV Petrom (SNP. RO) covering 2/3 of the total. (EUR1=RON4.5281)