At around 10:44 local time (GMT0844), the stock exchange’s composite index BET-C and main index BET were down 0.23% and 0.28%, respectively, from Tuesday closing levels.

BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, was declining 0.56%.

Wider blue-chip index BET-XT was down 0.36%, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was dipping 0.03%.

Trades unfolded on the stock exchange by 10:47 local time (GMT0847) amounted to 1.28 million lei (EUR295,639), with more than half of the total coming from deals with structured products.

Popular stock early Wednesday included SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), Concefa (COFI.RO), Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO). (EUR1=RON4.3497)