At around 10:35 local time, the Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C and main index BET were falling 0.82% and 1.33% respectively.

BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, was down 1.85% on the day.

Wider blue-chip tracker BET-XT was down 1.42%, while energy companies index BET-NG was dropping 0.98%.

Trades unfolded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange by 10:37 local time amounted to 3 million lei (EUR704,515).

Popular stock included Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO), Erste, SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) and SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO). (EUR1=RON4.3329)