At 10:45 local time (GMT0850), the bourse’s BET index inched down 0.56%, while general index BET-C was gaining a mere 0.01%.

Benchmark index BET-BK was down about 0.1% and the extended blue-chip index BET-XT was losing 0.33%.

BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds, was up 0.26%. Proprietatea was trading up 0.17%.

Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was gaining 0.61%, lifted by Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO), which was up 5.56%.

The bourse’s overall traded value amounted to 2.6 million lei (EUR0.59 million) at around 10:45, with share trades contributing RON2.3 million. Fondul Proprietatea was top-traded issuer on the main market, with transactions worth RON1.3 million. (EUR1=RON4.3753)