At around 10:30 am, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was down 0.41%, while the main index BET was losing 0.16%.

The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was gaining 0.6%, while the wider BET-XT was flat on the day.

Energy tracker BET-NG decreased 1.21%, with power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) losing 2.29% at RON13.23 a share.

Overall trading in Bucharest was RON2.7 million (EUR0.58 million). Investment funds Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) were top-traded issuers, followed by Austria’s Erste Group Bank AG (EBS.RO) and Transelectrica. (EUR1=RON4.6097)