The BETPlus finished the session at 1,024.47, down 7.66 points, or 0.74% on the day, while the BET index fell 53.55 points, or 0.77% to 6,912.66.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds SIFs, declined 0.36% to 29,783.69.

Fondul Proprietatea closed 0.24% higher at RON0.852 a share. The fund said earlier Tuesday that it plans to sell its 13.5% stake in state-run power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) via an accelerated bookbuild.

Following the announcement, Transelectrica’s shares lost 5.99% to close at RON22. At that price, the 13.5% stake is valued at some RON217.7 million.

The benchmark index BET-BK finished the session at 1,242.07, or 1.13% lower on the day, while the energy stocks tracker BET-NG fell 1.26% to 689.91.

The BET-XT closed down 0.81% at 621.59.

Overall trading value in Bucharest was RON46.3 million (EUR10.55 million), down from RON51.5 million Monday.

Electrica was top traded issuer, followed by Fondul Proprietatea, Austrian Erste Group Bank AG (EBS.RO), SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) and Transelectrica.

Erste continued its decline started Friday and finished the session 3.69% lower at RON80.8 a share. Late last week, the bank said its projected profit for 2014 would be affected by higher costs mainly stemming from additional provisions in Romania and Hungary. (EUR1=RON4.3902)