The local bourse’s BET index ended down 0.75% from Friday’s closing level, and general index BET-C fell 0.69%.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), ended 0.46% lower. Proprietatea traded up 0.47%, at 0.64 lei (EUR0.14) a share, and was top traded issuer on the main market with share transactions worth about RON4.2 million. It was followed by Banca Transilvania with some RON1 million.

The bourse’s overall traded value amounted to 20.6 million lei (EUR4.6 million). Some RON17.3 million came from share trades and about RON3 million from transactions with structural products. Besides the regular market values, SIF Moldova and Banca Transilvania contributed RON4.8 million and RON2.17 million, respectively, through two special deals.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK closed down 0.77%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT fell 0.83%.

Energy stocks tracker BET-NG lost some 0.58%, dragged down mainly by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), with a 1.06% decrease, and Transelectrica (TEL.RO), which fell 1.95%.

Transgaz (TGN.RO) traded up 1.53%, at RON199 a share. Last week, the Finance Ministry launched a secondary public offering for 15% in the company. (EUR1=RON4.4098)