The Bucharest bourse’s main index BET was down 15.28 points, or 0.24%, at 6.326,70, while composite index BET-C fell 12.89 points, or 0.39%, to 3.262,44.
BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, was up 0.28% on the day, at 31.257,22.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK finished the session at 1.248,90, down 0.11% on the day, while energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.15% to 651.83.
The wider BET-XT closed at 590.04, down 0.18% on the day.
Top-traded stocks included Fondul Proprietatea, Nuclearelectrica (SNN.RO), SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) and Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO).
Overall trading reached 34.5 million lei (EUR7.7 million) Wednesday, higher from RON21 million Tuesday.
BRD Wednesday reported a loss of RON385 million (EUR86 million) for 2013, mainly due to a rise in provisioning costs, while the lending activity weakened. It is the second consecutive year of negative results for the Romanian unit of France’s Societe Generale, after a loss of RON332 million in 2012.
BRD’s Chief Executive Philippe Lhotte said Wednesday that BRD’s credit-loss expenses doubled on the quarter to RON2.08 billion (EUR464 million) at the end of December. The higher costs were due to a series of unexpected insolvencies of companies, as well as to a clean-up process of the bank’s loan portfolio.