At around 11:16 local time (GMT0816), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.28%, while the composite index BET-C was down 0.22%.

The extended blue-chip index BET-XT was losing 0.31%, but the benchmark index BET-BK was 0.11% higher.

BET-FI, the index that tracks the main investment funds, traded down 0.4%, while energy stocks index BET-NG was up 0.13%.

The total traded value was lower than 1 million lei (EUR0.23 million), with SSIF Broker (BRK.RO) leading the early charts, with its shares up 13%. (EUR1=RON4.487)