At around 11:00 local time (0800), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.63% on the day, while composite index BET-C opened down 0.54%.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, gained 0.19% on the day. Proprietatea fund lost 0.12% at RON0.8090 a share.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK fell 0.28%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.46% lower on the day. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG lost 0.41%. (EUR1=RON4.4625)