The Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C dipped 0.92% on the day, to 2,711.76, while the main index BET fell 0.97% to 4,438.66.
BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, nearly flat, at 17,311.94. The 1.14% increase seen by investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), to 0.44 lei (EUR0.102), could not counter the decline seen by the other BET-FI issuers, the five regional investment funds, or SIFs. The SIFs dropped 0.6% on average.
Wider blue-chip index BET-XT dropped 0.98% on the day, to 399.62, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, declined 0.73%.
Trades unfolded Tuesday on the Bucharest bourse amounted to RON21.98 million.
Fondul Proprietatea was today’s top-traded issuer. Its shares were involved in trades worth a total RON7.55 million.
Oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) was the second-top traded issuer. Its shares closed down 1.61% to RON0.306, on a traded value of RON3 million.
Other popular stock included BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO), which fell 1.83% to RON10.7, and Transelectrica (TEL.RO), which dipped 0.53% to RON18.6. (EUR1=RON4.2822)