At around 10:37 local time (GMT0737), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 1.9% from Friday’s closing level, while the composite index BET-C was losing 1.7%.
BET-FI, which tracks the regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was down 1.9%, similar to the decrease posted by the extended blue-chip index BET-XT.
The BET-NG index, which tracks the energy stocks, was down 1.6%.
The traded values remained low, at some 2.4 million lei (EUR0.56 million) at around 10:40, with Proprietatea fund and the SIFs among the most-traded shares. (EUR1=RON4.2418)