At 10:30 local time (GMT0730), the BET index was down 0.28%, but composite index BET-C inched up 0.03%.

OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) traded down 1.4% and Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) was losing 0.7%, while Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) was up 0.4%.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), was down 0.36%.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was down 0.22%, and energy stocks tracker BET-NG was losing 0.2%.

The interest for trading remained low as in most previous sessions, with share transfers reaching just 0.5 million lei (EUR0.1 million) at 10:30. (EUR1=RON4.534)