The BET-C fell 1.17% to 3,127.26, while the BET index declined 93.94 points, or 1.5% at 6,135.55.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, lost 1.06% on the day, at 28,590.07.

Fondul Proprietatea slid 1.14% to RON0.781 a share, while SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) and SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) lost 2.8% and 2.92% at RON0.52 and RON1.13, respectively.

Benchmark index BET-BK finished the session at 1,173.03, down 1.26% on the day, while energy stocks tracker BET-NG fell 1.01% to 631.80.

Dominant oil and gas company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) inched down 0.69% to RON0.431 a share, while natural gas transporter Transgzas (TGN.RO) fell 1.33% to RON189.3.

The wider BET-XT closed at 564.60, down 1.35% on the day.

Overall trading was 90.08 million lei (EUR4.63 million), well above RON59.07 million in the previous session.

Two deals for 9.95% in local lender Banca Carpatica (BCC.RO) generated a total of RON19.58 million.

The seller was not immediately known, but chances are Carpatica’s main shareholder, Ilie Carabulea, is trying to discard some its shares in the lender after the central bank has suspended his voting rights and banned him from purchasing additional stock.

Carabulea’s voting rights were suspended following his arrest in connection with charges of bribery and influence peddling. (EUR1=RON4.5097)