At around 11:00 local time, the market’s main index BET inched down 0.24%, while the BET-FI index, which tracks the regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was hardly changed on the day.
The wider BET-XT index was down 0.17%, while the energy tracker BET-BG dipped 0.13%.
Overall trading in Bucharest was RON1.1 million (EUR0.25 million), with RON0.34 million coming from deals with Fondul Proprietatea stock. The fund’s shares were down 0.47% at RON0.428.
Regional investment fund SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) traded flat at RON0.56 a share, while Austrian lender Erste Bank AG (EBS.RO) gained 2.17% at RON54.1 a share.
The shares of Romania’s largest two oil companies OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO) have been suspended from trading pending the results of an inquiry report into the local fuel market. (EUR1=RON4.3532)