At around 10:33 local time (GMT0733), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.18% from Friday closing level, while composite index BET-C was down a mere 0.03%.
Among the few stocks that posted slight variations in early session, Transgaz (TGN.RO) and Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) were both down 1%, while BRD (BRD.RO) was rising 0.6%.
BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), inched down 0.09%, with SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) falling 0.7%, while Proprietatea traded 0.1% higher.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was down a mere 0.08%, while BET-XT was decreasing 0.14%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was down 0.2%, due to Transgaz’s decrease, which could not be offset by minor rises of Transelectrica (TEL.RO) and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), which traded up 0.16% and 0.02% respectively.
Traded values stayed in a vacation average, slightly above 1.1 million lei (EUR0.25 million) after 33 minutes of trading. (EUR1=RON4.3886)