At around 11:15 local time, the Bucharest bourse’s BET index and total return index BET-TR were down 0.22% on the day, while BET Plus was down 0.18%.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, lost 0.10% on the day, with Proprietatea fund opening flat and the investment funds opened mixed.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK lost 0.28%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.22% lower on the day. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG fell 0.69%. (EUR1=RON4.4407)