At around 10:41 local time (GMT0841), the stock exchange’s composite index BET-C and main index BET were down 0.38% and 0.41% on the day, respectively.

BET-FI, the index tracking the regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was down 0.75% on the day.

The BET Extended index, or BET-XT, and the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, were both falling 0.5%.

Trades unfolded on the stock exchange by 10:44 local time amounted to 3 million lei (EUR0.7 million). (EUR1=RON4.3322)