At around 10:28 local time (GMT0728), the Bucharest market’s BET index was down 0.07% from Thursday closing level, while general index BET-C was losing 0.27%.

BRD (BRD.RO) was losing 1% and Transgaz (TGN.RO) inched down 0.02%, while OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) was up 0.2%.

BET-FI, the index that tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds (SIFs) was down 0.15%. Proprietatea was gaining 0.5%, but SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) was down 1.4%, while SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) was losing 1%.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was down 0.2%, while BET-XT was falling 0.17%. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was down 0.36%.

The traded values remained low, reaching just 1 million lei (EUR0.2 million) after the first 30 minutes of the session. (EUR1=RON4.332)