The Bucharest bourse’s BET index lost a mere 0.25% and composite index BET-C fell 0.46%.
BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds, rose 0.3%, supported by all issuers except Fondul Proprietatea, which lost 0.17%.
Benchmark index BET-BK dropped 0.34% and extended blue-chip index BET-XT fell 0.06%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG lost 0.54% dragged down by its heaviest issuers. Petrom traded down 1.3%, Transgaz (TGN.RO) decreased 0.07% and Transelectrica (TEL.RO) fell 0.44%.
Interest for trading was low Thursday, with share trades amounting to just 12.1 million lei (EUR2.7 million). About 40% of the bourse’s liquidity was covered by two deals with Petrom shares (RON2.2 million), a deal with Fondul Proprietatea shares (RON1.8 million) and a deal with shares of lender BRD – Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO) (RON0.73 million).
The bourse’s total turnover stood at RON12.8 million.
Proprietatea was top-traded issuer on the main market with share transactions worth RON2.5 million. It was followed by lender Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) with RON1.6 million.
Oltchim (OLT.TO) shares traded down 15% Thursday after the company announced it would file for insolvency. (EUR1=RON4.3727)