The bourse’s liquidity was low, at 10.9 million lei (EUR2.46 million), and the spotlight was on investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), which secured RON3.36 million and RON1.37 million, respectively, through share transfers.
The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB.RO) contributed RON1.2 million through one special deal and RON0.96 million through share trades.
Earlier Wednesday, Romania’s Financial Supervisory Authority approved the appointment of Ludwik Sobolewski, former head of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, to the position of general manager of the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
The BET-C composite index lost a mere 0.02% and the main index BET fell 0.09%, with Proprietatea and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) losing 0.5% and 0.85%, respectively. Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) rose 0.49%, but was unable to offset their fall.
The BET-FI index, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), dropped 0.38% with all issuers, except SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO), in red territory.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK closed up a mere 0.01%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG added 0.12%, helped by Transelectrica (TEL.RO) (+0.36%) and Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO) (+2.67%). (EUR1=RON4.4503)