The Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C fell 0.94% on the day, to 3,351.59, mostly held back by the 0.45% decline, to 0.3972 lei (EUR0.094), seen by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), its heaviest issuer.

The index tracking the top 10 blue-chips, BET, fell 1.19% on the day, to 5,526.59, influenced by Petrom and the 0.93% decline, to RON0.531, seen by the Proprietatea fund.

BET-FI, the index tracking the SIFs and the Proprietatea fund, dropped 1.44% on the day, to 22,848.23, as the SIFs fell some 1.6% on average.

Wider blue-chip index BET-XT dropped 1.24% to 513.43, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, fell 1.15% to 788.66.

Trades unfolded Monday on the Bucharest Stock Exchange amounted to RON67.7 million, with RON52.85 million coming from trades in the Proprietatea fund.

Aside from the Proprietatea fund, the most-traded issuers ranking included lender BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO), whose shares fell 1.34% on the day, to RON14, on a traded value of RON3.82 million, and Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), the third most popular stock today, which fell 1.63% to RON1.21, on a traded value of 2.7 million.

Other popular stock included SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), which fell 2.03% to RON1.4, BVB (BVB.RO), which dropped 2.44% to RON38.05, and SSIF Broker (BRK.RO), which fell 5.77% to RON0.245. (EUR1=RON4.2272)