At around 10:30 hours, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was down 1.41%, while the main index BET was losing 1.57%.

The BET-FI index, which tracks the five SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea, was shedding 1.15%, while the wider BET-XT index was down 1.4%.

Energy tracker BET-NG fell 1.39% on the day.

Overall trading in Bucharest was RON4.16 million (EUR0.95 million), with RON1.8 million coming from deals with Fondul Proprietatea stock. The fund’s shares fell 1.2% to RON0.5755.

The five SIFs were losing between 0.9% and 1.82% on the day, while Dominant oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) was down 2.38%. (EUR1=RON4.3545)