At around 10:40 a.m. (GMT0740), the bourse’s composite index BET-C was 0.67% lower, and the main index BET fell 0.86%.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), lost 2.04%. The wider BET-XT index dropped 1.13%.
Energy tracker BET-NG inched down 0.33%.
Overall trading in Bucharest was RON4.6 million (EUR1 million). Proprietatea was top-traded issuer on the main market and was followed by SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO). (EUR1=RON4.5848)