At around 11:10 local time (GMT0910), the Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C was down 1.4% from Friday’s closing level, while the BET index was falling 1.6%.
BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds, was losing 1.2%, as Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) was down just 0.1%, while the regional investment funds (SIFs) were losing in line with the general market trend.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT was down 1.5%, while energy stocks tracker BET-NG was falling 1.4%.
The bourse’s overall turnover was rather low, at 3.2 million lei (EUR0.7 million), with Proprietatea being the only issuer with more than RON1 million in traded value.
Among the top traded issuers early Monday, shares of SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) were down 2.3%, Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) was down 3.2%, while OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) stocks were losing 1.1%. (EUR1=RON4.3394)