At around 10:15 local time (GMT0815), the Bucharest market’s BET index was down a mere 0.03% from Monday closing level, while general index was also virtually flat.

Benchmark index BET-BK was losing 0.16%, while investment fund tracker BET-FI and energy index BET-NG were both inching 0.02% higher.

Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) inched 0.1% higher, while Oltchim continued the past days’ losing trend, trading down 10.3%, but on very low traded volumes.

OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) were flat on the day, while Banca Comerciala Carpatica (BCC.RO) gained 4%.

The traded values were abysmal with just 0.2 million lei (EUR0.04 million) worth of deals closed in the first 15 minutes of the session. (EUR1=RON4.3877)