At around 10:22 local time, the Bucharest Stock Exchange’s main index BET was down 0.83%, while the composite index BET-C was down 0.64%.

BET-FI, the index tracking Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the SIFs, was dropping 2.22% on the day.

Wider blue-chip index BET-XT was down 1.24%, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was down 1.32%.

Trades unfolded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange by 10:31 local time amounted to 2.74 million lei (EUR6.36 million).

Popular stock early Monday included SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), Electroarges (ELGS.RO), Fondul Proprietatea, SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) and SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO). (EUR1=RON4.3072)