The composite index BET-C closed flat at 3,326.19, but the blue-chip BET index lost 18.21 points, or 0.28%, at 6,428.63.
BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, was down 0.99%, at 30,618.83. Fondul Proprietatea lost 0.31% at RON0.815 a share, while the five SIFs lost up to 1.9 on the day.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK finished the session at 1.250,88, down 0.78% on the day, but energy stocks tracker BET-NG inched up 0.13 points to 659.33.
The wider BET-XT closed at 598.83, down 0.49% on the day.
Overall trading was 41.48 million lei (EUR9.2 million), down from RON48.4 million Wednesday.
Top-traded stocks included Fondul Proprietatea and the five SIFs, lenders BRD (BRD.RO) and Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), as well as dominant oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO).
BRD, Romania’s second-largest bank by assets, rose 1.82% on the day at RON8.95 a share, while Petrom gained 1% at RON0.4729. BRD and Petrom account for 30.67% of the BET-C index. (EUR1=RON4.5085)