Transgaz shares closed at 188 lei (EUR41.8) per unit. The company will pay dividends of RON250.6 million, or 76% of the net profit registered last year, of RON329.3 million.

The bourse’s BET index inched down 0.35% from Tuesday closing level, and composite index BET-C fell 0.47%.

BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds, gained a mere 0.8%, with all issuers in green territory. Proprietatea closed up 0.47%, at RON0.6370 per share.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK added 0.06%, and BET-XT closed 0.14% higher. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG fell 2.5%.

The bourse’s traded value was 22.6 million lei (EUR5 million), with share transfers amounting to RON21.5 million. Fondul Proprietatea was top-traded issuer on the main market with share transactions of RON5.6 million. Transgaz and Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) followed with transfers worth RON4.5 million and RON2.5 million, respectively. (EUR1=RON4.4969)