The stock exchange’s composite index BET-C fell 0.52% to 2,597.77, while the BET index dropped 0.51% to 4,276.48.

BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, closed down 1.12% on the day, to 18,121.35.

The BET Extended index, or BET-XT, fell 0.72% to 394.6, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, dipped 0.56% on the day, to 605.03.

Trades perfected on the stock exchange Wednesday amounted to 20.23 million lei (EUR4.66 million).

Investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) was the top-traded issuer. Its shares dropped 0.48% to RON0.418, on a traded value of RON7.48 million.

Lender BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO) was the second-top traded issuer. Its stocks fell 0.46% to RON10.75, on a traded value of RON2.73 million.

Other popular stocks included Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), which dropped 4.67% on the day, and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), which closed flat. (EUR1=RON4.3415)