At around 10:20 local time (GMT0720), the Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C was down 0.23%, while the main index BET was losing 0.31%.
BET-FI, which tracks the regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), retreated 0.99%, while the wider BET-XT was shedding 0.47%.
However, the energy index BET-NG inched up 0.22%, supported by trades with the shares of dominant oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and gas company Transgaz (TGN.RO).
Overall trading was 1.1 million lei (a little over EUR0.25 million), with RON0.6 million coming from deals with Vrancart (VNC) shares. The company’s stock fell 4.76% at RON0.06.
Fondul Proprietatea was losing 0.72% on the day, but chemical company Azomures (AZO.RO) was up 2.5%. (EUR1=RON4.3218)