At around 10:29 local time, the Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C was down 0.39% from Tuesday’s closing level, while main index BET was falling 0.46%.

BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, was down 0.15% on the day, and the BET Extended index, or BET-XT, was losing 0.3%.

BET-NG, which tracks energy stocks was the only index in posotive territory, up 0.26% from Tuesday’s closing.

Trades unfolded on the Bucharest bourse by 10:40 amounted to 3.66 million lei (EUR854,000), lifted by a bond deal worth RON2.9 million.

Popular stock early Wednesday included Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO). (EUR1=RON4.2843)