The stock exchange’s composite index BET-C fell 0.6% on the day, to 2,732.97, while main index BET dropped 0.7% to 4,479.53.

BET-FI, the index tracking the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, and the Proprietatea fund, declined 1.1% to 20,374.13.

Wider blue-chip tracker BET-XT fell 0.94% on the day, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, dipped 0.62%.

Trades unfolded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange amounted to 48.7 million lei (EUR11.18 million), with RON11.37 million coming from deal market trades.

Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) was the top-traded issuer. Its shares fell 0.44% to RON0.448, on a traded value of RON11.95 million.

SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) was the second-top traded issuer. Its stocks dropped 0.99% to RON0.6, on trades worth a total RON4.91 million.

Other popular stock included Azomures (AZO.RO), Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), which dropped between 1.4% and 2.6% on the day. (EUR1=RON4.3564)