The bourse’s composite index BET-C closed down 7.42 points, or 0.29%, to 2,544.24, but the main index BET was up 4.75 points, or 0.11%, to 4,443.15.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea, fell 139.04 points or 0.69%. SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) and SIF Crisana-Banat (SIF1.RO), which increased 1.15% and 0.12% respectively, were unable to counter the decline of the four other issuers.
Fondul Proprietatea closed down 1.04%, at 0.477 lei (EUR0.1) a share and SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) lost 1.57%.
The wider BET-XT index was down 0.34 points, or 0.08%, to 407.87.
Energy tracker BET-NG lost 1.5 points or 0.26%, dragged down by Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO), with dropped 4.02% to RON0.031 a share.
OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) added 1.08%, and Transgaz (TGN.RO) gained a tepid 0.52%. Transelectrica (TEL.RO) closed flat on the day, at RON12.5 a share.
Overall trading in Bucharest was RON11.6 million (EUR2.6 million), down from RON21.5 million (EUR4.8 million), a day earlier. Share transactions amounted to RON9.63 million (EUR2.16 million), down 55% on the day.
Fondul Proprietatea remained the most active issuers on the local market, with transactions worth RON5.98 million. It was followed by SIF Muntenia with a turnover of almost RON1 million. (EUR1=RON4.4593)