At around 10:35 local time (GMT0835), the Bucharest market’s BET index was down 0.17% from Friday closing level, while general index BET-C was losing 0.15%.
BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), posted a larger decline. The index was down 0.64%, wth SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) and SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) losing 1.7% and 1.4% respectively. Fondul Proprietatea traded down 0.6%.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was down 0.32%, while BET-XT was down 0.3%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG traded flat on the day.
Traded values on the regular market were extremely low, but the bourse’s turnover was lifted by two special deals with SIF Transilvania stock. At around 10:35, the bourse’s total traded value reached 4.5 million lei (EUR1 million), with RON3.6 million coming from the SIF Transilvania transactions. (EUR1=RON4.3573)