The BET-FI index, which tracks the Proprietatea fund and the SIFs, inched up 0.16%, to 16,717.72. The Proprietatea fund closed down 0.18% on the day, while the SIFs gained 0.34% on average.

The stock exchange’s composite index BET-C dipped 0.42% on the day, to 2,719.09, while the main index, BET, dropped 0.43% to 4,468.89.

Wider blue-chip tracker BET-XT dipped 0.21% to 397.61, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, gained 0.31% to 630.56.

Trades unfolded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange Wednesday amounted to 27.85 million lei (EUR6.4 million).

The Proprietatea fund was the top-traded issuer. Its shares closed at RON0.4402, on a traded value of RON6 million.

Lender Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) was the second-top traded issuer. Its shares dropped 5.94% on the day, to RON64.9, on a traded value of RON4.67 million.

Other popular stock included Oltchim (OLT.RO), which dropped 0.93% to RON1.28, and SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), which gained 1.91% to RON0.4425. (EUR1=RON4.346)