The Bucharest market’s BET index was down 0.5% at around 11:00 local time (GMT0800), while composite index BET-C was down 0.4%.

BET-FI, the index tracking Fondul Proprietatea and the regional investment funds (SIFs), was losing 0.6%, while the extended blue-chip index BET-XT was down 0.5%.

Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was down 0.4%.

The bourse’s overall traded value was 2.9 million lei (EUR0.67 million)

Among the most traded issuers, SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) was down 1.4%, while SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) was losing 1.1%. Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) was falling 0.4%, and Transelectrica (TEL.RO) traded down 0.2%. (EUR1=RON4.3745)