At around 10:10 local time (GMT0810), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.44% from Monday closing level, as Transgaz (TGN.RO) was losing 1.75%, while OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) dropped 1%.
General index BET-C was down 0.37%, while benchmark index BET-XT was falling 0.07%.
BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds, inched down 0.06%, as Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) stayed in green, posting a 0.4% increase. SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) was up 0.6%, but SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) was losing 0.6%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG posted the largest decrease among Bucharest indexes, of 0.98%, with Transelectrica (TEL.RO) joining the other two major companies in red, with a 0.07% decline.
Traded values on the Bucharest market were low, reaching slightly more than half a million lei (EUR0.12 million) after more than 30 minutes of trading. (EUR1=ROM4.3481)