At around 10:0 am, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was down 0.53%, while the main index BET was losing 0.31%.

The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), declined 1.22%, while the wider BET-XT index was down 0.62%.

Energy tracker BET-NG decreased 0.77%.

Overall trading in Bucharest was RON0.42 million (EUR0.09 million). Fondul Proprietatea was top-traded issuer, followed by SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) and car parts maker UAMT Oradea (UAM.RO). The latter broke the downward trend and gained 15% on the day at RON0.4255 a share. (EUR1=RON4.4652)