At around 11:06 am (GMT0806), the stock exchange’s composite index BET-C was down 1.3% from Tuesday’s closing value, while the main index BET was down 0.85%.
BET-FI, the index tracking Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, was down 0.9%.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT was also down 0.9%, while BET-NG, which tracks the energy and utility stocks, was losing almost 2%.
The bourse’s overall traded value at around 11:06 was some 5 million lei (EUR1.2 million), higher than at the same time in previous session.
Proprietatea fund and the SIFs were the most traded issuers in the first hour of Bucharest session, with oher financial stocks such as Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) and BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO) attracting investors’ interest. (EUR1=RON4.2356)