At around 11:00 local time (GMT0800), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.17% from Thursday close, while composite index BET-C fell 0.29%.

BET-FI, which tracks investment fund Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), lost 0.21%, with Proprietatea gaining 0.06% at RON0.8115 a share.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was 0.18% lower on the day, while extended blue-chip index BET-XT fell 0.17%.

Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was losing 0.40%.

Overall trading reached 3 million lei (EUR688.971). (EUR1=RON4.4591)