The bourse’s composite index BET-C closed down 0.24%, while the main index BET was shedding 0.65%. In the past six days, the BET-C lost 11.5%, while the BET index declined 12.14%.
SIF Transilvania closed down 25% to 0.516 lei (EUR0.11) a share on the first ex-dividend date, as investors who bought stock Wednesday were no longer entitled to its dividend of RON0.1712 a share from last year profits.
In turn, SIF Banat-Crisana shares fell 9.09% to RON0.09 after going ex-dividend.
The bourse’s BET-FI index, which tracks the five SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), closed down 5.6%, while the wider BET-XT index was down 2.47%.
Energy tracker BET-NG inched up 0.15% on the day.
Overall trading in Bucharest was RON21.7 million (EUR4.8 million), about threefold lower on the day. Top-traded issuers included SIF Transilvania, SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) and lender Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO). (EUR1=RON4.4463)