At around 11:00 local time, the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.06% on the day, while the BET Plus index opened 0.08% lower.

BET-FI, which tracks investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, lost 0.16% on the day, with Proprietatea declining 0.12% at RON0.8500 a share and the SIFs opening mixed.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK fell 0.20%, the extended blue-chip index BET-XT slid 0.09% higher on the day, while energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.05%.

The bourse’s liquidity stood at 14.8 million lei (EUR3.3 million), backed mainly by transfers with the shares of Romgaz (SNG.RO), Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) and Transelectrica (TEL.RO). (EUR1=RON4.3867)