At around 11 a.m. (GMT0800), the bourse’s composite index BET-C was losing 0.21% on the day, while the main index BET was 0.27% lower, with investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) and BRD (BRD.RO) losing 0.36%, 0.28% and 0.56%, respectively.
Benchmark index BET-BK was down 0.44% and the BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFS and Proprietatea, saw a similar decline of 0.44%, weighed down by SIF Crisana-Banat (SIF1.RO) (-0.93%), Proprietatea (-0.36%) and SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) with a 0.34% decrease.
Energy tracker BET-NG inched up 0.23%, backed mainly by Transelectrica (TEL.RO), which added 0.43% and Transgaz (TGN.RO), with a 0.72% increase.
Wider BET-XT was down 0.33%.
Overall trading in Bucharest amounted to RON4.1 million (EUR0.93 million). SIF Banat Crisana and Proprietatea were top-traded issuers Tuesday morning, with deals worth RON424.714 and RON421.640, respectively.