At around 10:30 local time (GMT0730), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.16% from Tuesday closing level, while composite index BET-C was losing 0.18%.

BRD (BRD.RO) was down 1%, while Transgaz (TGN.RO) and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) traded up 0.1% and 0.2% respectively.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and five regional investment funds (SIFs), was down 0.29%. Proprietatea was unchanged on the day, but most of the SIFs were in red territory, losing between 0.4% and 0.9%.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was down 0.23%, but energy stocks tracker BET-NG inched 0.11% higher.

The bourse’s overall traded value reached just 1.3 million lei (EUR0.3 million) at 10:30, but less than half came from share trades with structured product transactions accounting for RON0.65 million. (EUR1=RON4.3297)