At around 10:33 hours (GMT0700), the bourse’s composite index BET-C was down 0.73%, while the main index BET was losing 0.66%.

The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was shedding 0.54%, while the wider BET-XT index was down 0.62%.

Energy tracker BET-NG fell 0.7%.

Overall trading in Bucharest was RON1.64 million (EUR0.37 million), with RON0.4 million coming from deals with Fondul Proprietatea stock. The fund’s shares traded down 0.26% to RON0.573.

SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) was losing 0.99% at RON1.3 a share, while peer funds SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) and SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) were down 0.22% and 0.31% at RON0.68 and RON1.28 a share, respectively. (EUR1=RON4.3683)