At around 10:44 local time (GMT0844), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.44%, while composite index BET-C was down 0.19%.
BET-FI, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was down 0.48%. Proprietatea and the SIFs edged lower in early trade.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was down 0.52%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.45% lower. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was down 0.24%.
The traded values reached 2.59 million lei (EUR0.57 million), mainly supported by transfers with the shares of Fondul Proprietatea and SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO). (EUR1=RON4.5188)