The Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.4% from Thursday closing level, dragged down by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) (-0.02%), BRD (BRD.RO) (-1.19%) and Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) (-0.07). Composite index BET-C was losing 0.49%.
Benchmark index BET-BK was falling a mere 0.02% and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was down 0.23%.
The bourse’s overall traded value was 2.6 million lei (EUR0.6 million) at about 11:00 local time (GMT0800). Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) was top-traded issuer, contributing some RON1 million through share trades.
BET-FI, which tracks Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), was gaining 0.24%, helped by most issuers. Proprietatea was trading up 0.06%, at RON0.7965 a share.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was losing 0.27%, as Petrom and Transelectrica (TEL.RO) were both in red and Transgaz (TGN.RO) was flat on the day. (EUR1=RON4.4511)