At around 10:37 local time (GMT0737), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 1.54%, and the composite index BET-C was 1.52% lower.
BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), was down 1.77%, while the extended blue-chip index BET-XT was losing 1.65%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was down 0.77%.
The Bourse’s newly launched tracker, BET-BK, mirroring the top-25 Romanian companies by volumes, opened down 1.39%.
The bourse’s overall traded value was 1.13 million lei (EUR255.734) at around 10:37.
The Bourse launched Tuesday a new tracker, BET-BK, which mirrors the top-25 most liquid shares in Romania, such the five SIFs, OMV Petrom, BRD (BRD.RO), Fondul Proprietatea, Erste (EBS.RO), Transelectrica (TEL.RO), Biofarm (BIO.RO), Stock Exchange (BVB.RO), Transgaz (TGN.RO), Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), Antibiotice (ATB.RO), Alro (ALR.RO), Electromagnetica (ELMA.RO), Oltchim (OLT.RO), SSIF Broker (BRK.RO), Zentiva (SCD.RO), Ropharma (RPH.RO), Condmag (COMI.RO), Compa (CMP.RO), Oil Terminal (OIL.RO) and Dafora (DAFR.RO). BET-BK could be used as reference for active mutual funds on the local market. (EUR1=RON4.4505)