At around 10:45 local time (GMT0845), the BET index was down 0.52% from Monday closing level, while composite index BET-C was losing 0.51%.
Among the most traded stocks, OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) was down 1%, Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) traded down 0.4%, while Transelectrica (TEL.RO) was falling 0.8%.
BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds, was down 0.39%. SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) was the only SIF in green territory, with a 0.3% advance, while the other four SIFs and Proprietatea traded down, with SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) losing 0.6% and SIF Transilvania down 0.5%.
Benchmark index BET-BK was down 0.51%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was down 0.42%.
Petrom and Transelectrica decreases dragged the energy stocks tracker BET-NG down 0.71%. Transgaz (TGN.RO) and Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO) were also down, by 0.3% and 0.6%, respectively.
After the first 45 minutes of trading, the bourse’s overall turnover was 6.3 million lei (EUR1.4 million), with about RON2 million coming from structured product transactions, while another RON2.2 million represented the value of the SIF Transilvania special deal. (EUR1=RON4.381)