At around 10:45 hours, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was down 0.26%, while the main index BET was losing 0.25%.

The BET-FI index, which tracks the five SIFs and investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), inched up 0.09%, but the wider BET-XT index was down 0.11%.

Energy tracker BET-NG fell 0.22% on the day.

Overall trading in Bucharest was RON2.76 million (EUR0.63 million), with RON1.28 million coming from deals with Transelectrica stock. The company’s shares fell 2.33% to RON15.49.

Chemical plant Azomures (AZO.RO) was gaining 2.04% to RON2 a share, while Fondul Proprietatea’s shares were down 0.42% to RON0.5945. (EUR1=RON4.3786)