At around 10:42 local time (GMT0842), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was losing 0.84%, while composite index BET-C was down 0.66%.
BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds, was down 0.71%, with all the five SIFs losing ground between 0.25% and 1.32%. Proprietatea fund was also down 0.93%.
Benchmark index BET-BK was down 0.32%, while BET-XT traded 0.62% lower. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG inched 0.04% lower.
At 10:42, the bourse’s total traded value was 1.25 million lei (EUR0.28 million), of which Erste deals accounted for RON0.75 million. (EUR1=RON4.4778)