At around 10:50 local time (GMT0750), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.61%, and the composite index BET-C was down 0.69%.
BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), was down 0.26%, while the extended blue-chip index BET-XT was losing 0.5%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was down 0.28%.
The bourse’s overall traded value was 6.12 million lei (EUR1.37 million) at around 10:50, but the deal with 2.5% of Ropharma shares accounted for 93% of the total. (EUR1=RON4.4654)