At around 10:42 local time (GMT0742), the Bucharest market’s BET index was down 0.16%, while general index BET-C was losing 0.17%.
BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, was down a mere 0.02%. Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) was losing 0.6%, but SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) and SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) kept the index near zero, with increases of 0.8% each.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was down 0.14%, and energy stocks tracker BET-NG was decreasing 0.08%.
The bourse’s overall traded value was at 0.65 million lei (EUR0.14 million), but share trades accounted for just two thirds of the total, with the rest coming from transactions with structured products. (EUR1=RON4.564)