The bourse’s composite index BET-C closed down 10.36 points or 0.4%, while the main index BET declined 25.99 points or 0.58%.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea, fell 144.74 points or 0.71%, while the wider BET-XT index was down 2.22 points or 0.54%.
Energy tracker BET-NG inched down 0.86 points or 0.15%.
Overall trading in Bucharest was RON21.5 million (EUR4.8 million), down from RON30.1 million a day earlier.
Fondul Proprietatea was top-traded issuer with deals worth RON5.75 million, or 28% of total. The fund lost 1.39% on the day at RON0.482 a share.
Other active issuers include Fondul Proprietatea, which closed down 1.44% at RON0.479 a share, and local lender BRD, which lost 1.31% at RON8.29 a share. (EUR1=RON4.461)
BRD closed flat at RON8.4 a share. Investors traded BRD stock worth RON2.86 million Tuesday.
Natural gas transporter Transgaz (TGN.RO), whose ‘BB+’ rating was placed under negative watch by Standard&Poor’s earlier today, lost 0.52% at RON193 a share. The ratings agency warned that it could downgrade its rating on Transgaz in the near future, due to increasing pressure on Transgaz’s business risk profile. (EUR1=RON4.4587)