The Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C closed down 0.52% on the day, to 3,354.95, while the 10-share blue-chip index BET fell 0.33% to 5,648.81.
Ex-dividend behavior and quarterly result anticipation by investors caused fluctuant evolution from one issuer to the next, with drug maker Zentiva (SCD.RO) falling 14.94% to 1.59 lei (EUR0.39) and chemical company Oltchim (OLT.RO) rising 12.86% to RON0.47.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, and the Proprietatea fund, fell sharply by 3.7% on the day, to 23,484.23, as SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) dropped 10.33% and SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) was down 5.46%.
Wider blue-chip index BET-XT closed decreased by 1.27%, to 521.39, while the energy companies index, BET-NG, closed at 777.94, down 0.89% on the day.
Trades unfolded Thursday on the Bucharest Stock Exchange amounted to RON67.28 million, with RON33.62 million coming from transactions with Proprietatea stock, which closed down 1.87% at RON0.525, aftre falling as much as 6.5% in early session. Another RON2.73 million in today’s overall traded value came from one deal market trade with Oltchim stock.
SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) was the second-top traded issuer today. Its shares closed down 2.98% to RON0.815, on a traded value of RON6.57 million.
Other popular stocks Thursday included Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), up 0.2% to RON1.503, oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), up 1.72% to RON0.4135, and BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO), which ended flat at RON14.6. (EUR1=RON4.0997)