The Bucharest bourse’s BET index closed at 4,595.31, down 1.25% from Friaday’s closing level, while the composite index BET-C fell 0.76% to 2,602.38.
BET-FI rose 0.5% to 20,130.13, despite Fondul Proprietatea’s (FP.RO) 0.4% decrease to 0.4919 lei (EUR0.11) a share. All the five SIFs closed in positive territory, led by SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) and SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO). SIF Transilvania rose 1.5% to RON0.46 a share, while SIF Muntenia stocks closed at RON0.77, up 1.3% on the day.
Despite the SIFs good performance, the extended blue-chip index BET-XT closed down 0.7%.
The energy sector was lifted by a 9% surge of Rompetrol rafinare (RRC.RO) stock, which kept the BET-NG index up 0.7%, despite decreases of OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), Transgaz (TGN.RO) and Transelectrica (TEL.RO). Petrom fell 1.1%, Transgaz lost 1.3%, while Transelectrica was down 0.5%.
The bourse’s total traded value was low, of just RON23.8 million (EUR5.4 million), of which share transactions amounted to RON20.8 million, down 16% on the day. The value could have been even lower if not for several special deals with shares of the five SIFs and of Petrom, that accounted for almost half of the turnover. (EUR1=RON4.4408)