At around 10:39 local time, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was falling 0.11%, while the main index BET was down 0.09%.

BET-FI, the index tracking the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, and the Proprietatea fund, was up 0.17%.

Wider blue-chip index BET-XT was down a mere 0.01%, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was down 0.17%.

Trades unfolded on the Bucharest bourse by 10:43 amounted to 859,036 lei (EUR200,000).

However, trades with Argus (UARG.RO) shares on the Rasdaq market amounted to more than RON14.5 million after the first hour of the session.

Popular stock early Monday included Fondul Proprietatea, SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), OMV Petrom and Impact Developer&Contractor (IMP.RO). (EUR1=RON4.2717)