At around 11:21 local time (GMT0921), the bourse’s general index BET-C was down 0.66% from Tuesday closing level, while the BET index was down 0.3%.
BET-Fi, which tracks the regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was losing 0.33%.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT was down 0.3%, while BET-NG, which tracks the energy stocks, inched down 0.04%.
The bourse’s overall traded value was 1.2 million lei (EUR0.28 million) by 11:21, but share transactions amounted to just RON0.5 million.
Financial stocks were the almost the only ones that spark some interest, with Proprietatea trading down 1.1%, while Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) and the Bucharest bourse operator (BVB.RO) gaining 1.2% and 0.3%, respectively.
The SIFs were mostly down, but the top of price decliners was led by Alro Slatina (ALR.RO), with its stocks down 6.5%. (EUR1=4.3625)