Economists had expected Chairman Ben Bernanke would point to more immediate measures to fuel growth, but the official only said the US Reserve was prepared to take additional steps if necessary.
At around 10:40 am, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was down 0.44%, while the main index BET declined 0.65% on the day.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was losing 0.95%, while the wider BET-XT index was down 0.67%.
Energy tracker BET-NG inched down 0.22% from a day earlier.
Overall trading in Bucharest was RON1.5 million (EUR0.34 million). Top-traded issuers included Austria’s Erste Group Bank AG (EBS.RO), Fondul Proprietatea, SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) and lender Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO).