The Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C closed down 1.21%, to 3,349.16, while main index BET dropped 1.06% on the day, to 5,534.5.
BET-FI, the index tracking the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, and the Proprietatea fund, posted a steeper decline, ending at 22,561.9, down 2.1% on the day.
Wider blue-chip index BET-XT fell 1.65% on the day, to 511.74, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, closed at 803.53, down 1.47% from wednesday’s closing level.
Trades unfolded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange Thursday amounted to 61.9 million lei (EUR14.7 million), with a total RON25.7 million coming from six deal market trades in the Proprietatea fund, SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO). Another RON1 million came from bond trades, while RON1.5 million came from transactions with structured products.
The Proprietatea fund, today’s top-traded issuer, closed down 1.31%, to RON0.528 on the main market, on trades worth RON14.23 million.
SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), the second-top traded issuer, fell 3.52%, to RON1.37, following trades worth a total RON4.35 million.
Oltchim (OLT.RO), which stood out recently as a top gainer across multiple sessions, fell 15%, the maximum allowed variation. It’s stock closed at RON1.683, on a traded value of RON1.55 million.
Other popular stock Thursday included Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), which fell 1.22% to RON1.215, OMV Petrom, which closed flat at RON0.385, and Transgaz (TGN.RO), which fell 1.9% to RON258. (EUR1=RON4.2088)