Romania’s economy grew by a meager 0.2% in 2012, hurt by a feeble harvest and falling exports to European markets. In the fourth quarter alone, Romania’s GDP rose 0.2% compared with the previous quarter in seasonally adjusted data.
The bourse’s BET index closed down 0.26% from Wednesday’s closing level, while composite index BET-C decreased 0.81%.
The Bucharest bourse’s total turnover amounted to 16.81 million lei (EUR3.83 million), similar with RON15.55 million a day before. Share transactions contributed some RON12.51 million.
On the regular market, Fondul Proprietatea was top-traded issuer, with share transactions worth RON1.43 million and a deal transaction of RON5.10 million, and was followed by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) with RON1 million.
BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), inched down 0.31%. Fondul Proprietatea ended 0.52% lower.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK closed down 0.24%, while extended blue-chip index BET-XT decreased 0.30%, similar with a day before.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG dropped 1.49%, with Transelectrica (TEL.RO) being the only share in green territory, up 1.43%. (EUR1=RON4.3844)