At around 10:49 local time (GMT0849), the stock exchange’s main index BET was down 0.21% on the day, while composite index BET-C was down 0.23%.

BET-FI, the index tracking the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was falling 0.49% on the day.

The BET Extended index, or BET-XT, was down 0.28%, while energy tracker BET-NG was roughly flat.

Trades unfolded on the stock exchange by 10:56 local time amounted to a mere 882,877 lei (EUR0.2 million). For comparison, trades concluded by 10:30 yesterday amounted to RON2.43 million.

Among the stocks that moved early Tuesday there were Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), Electromagnetica (ELMA.RO) and Oltchim (OLT.RO). (EUR1=RON4.3794)