The Bucharest stock exchange’s composite index BET-C closed down 1.4% on the day, at 3,230.15, while blue-chip index BET fell 1.6% to 5,297.77.
BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, closed at 21,596.99, down 1.76% on the day.
Extended blue-chip index BET-XT was down 1.7%, at 489.42, while energy stocks tracker BET-NG decreased by 1.4% to 750.63.
The bourse’s overall traded value was around 20.1 million lei (EUR4.7 million), almost halved from RON37.6 million on Monday.
Fondul Proprietatea was once again the most traded issuer in Bucharest, accounting for half of Tuesday’s turnover. Its shares closed down 0.8%, at RON0.511, after trades worth a total RON9.8 million.
SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) shares fell 2.2% to RON1.33, on a traded value of RON1.8 million.
Other issuers that raised some interest were OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), whose stock fell 1.3% to RON0.38, and Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), which closed at RON138.3 a share, down 3.2% on the day. (EUR1=RON4.2356)