At around 10:40 local time, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was gaining a mere 0.12%, while the main index BET was down 0.1%

Overall trading in Bucharest amounted to 4.1 million lei (EUR0.94 million), with RON3.7 million coming from share trades. Transgaz, which rose 0.53%, was top-traded issuer on the main market, with deals worth RON3.4 million.

The benchmark index BET-BK was falling 0.26%, and the BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was losing 0.17%. Proprietatea was flat on the day, at RON0.66 a share.

Energy tracker BET-NG was increasing 0.86%, while the wider BET-XT was down 0.13%. (EUR1=RON4.3557)