At around 11:09 local time (GMT0809), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.98%, and the composite index BET-C was down 0.86%.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), was down 1.16%, while the extended blue-chip index BET-XT was losing 1.05%.

Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was down 0.5%.

The bourse’s overall traded value was 3.52 million lei (EUR790,472) at around 11:09 with Proprietatea trades covering more than half of the total turnover. (EUR1=RON4.4635)