Bond deals amounted to RON8.5 million (EUR1.8 million), and ensured almost half of the bourse’s overall traded value.

Investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) was top traded issuer on the main market, with share transactions worth RON2.8 million.

The bourse’s composite index BET-C ended down 0.12%, while blue chip index BET lost 0.01%.

The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea, rose 0.11%, supported by Proprietatea, which traded up 0.95%, at RON0.533 a share, and SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), which gained 0.08%.

The extended blue-chip index BET-XT dropped 0.07%, and benchmark index BET-BK fell 0.35%.

Energy stocks tracker BET-NG lost 0.21%. (EUR1=RON4.5538)