The Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C fell 0.48%, and blue chip index BET dropped 0.15%.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea, increased slightly, by 0.02%. Proprietatea ended down 0.19%, to 0.521 lei (EUR0.11) a share.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT lost 0.17%, and benchmark index BET-BK was down 0.04%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG fell 0.57 %, as OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) lost 0.46%, Transelectrica dropped 0.31% and Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO) decreased 2.28%.
The bourse’s overall traded value stood at RON9 million (EUR2 million), slightly up from RON7.9 million (EUR1.7 million) in the previous session.
Proprietatea was the top-traded issuer on the main market with share trades worth RON1.8 million.
Transactions with OMV Petrom shares amounted to RON3.4 million, of which RON3.08 million came from a special deal.
On Monday, Romania’s Government delayed until September 18 a sealed-bid auction for the privatization of state-run chemical company Oltchim Ramnicu-Valcea (OLT.RO), which closed down 2.7%, at RON0.757 a share.
Last week, the Government changed the privatization strategy for Oltchim to a combined sale of the state’s stake of 54.6% and the receivables held by privatization authority AVAS and Electrica SA, which amount to RON1.8 billion, or 56% of Oltchim’s debts. (EUR1=RON4.4667)