Early-Monday news spoke of negotiations carried out by Swiss group Ameropa Holding to take over Eurofert and Azomures Holdings, which hold a cumulated 75.87% in fertilizer maker Azomures.
Early in the session, Azomures shares were up nearly 15% on the day, to 0.968 lei (EUR0.224).
At 10:28 local time, stock exchange’s composite index BET-C was flat on the day, while the main index BET was dipping 0.76%.
BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, was down 1% on the day.
Wider blue-chip tracker BET-XT was falling 0.66%, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was down 0.24% on the day.
Trades unfolded on the stock exchange by 10:34 local time amounted to RON3 million.
Aside from Azomures, popular stock early Monday included Oltchim (OLT.RO), Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), Amonil (AMO.RO) and Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO). (EUR1=RON4.315)