At around 11:04 am, the main index BET was down 0.55%, while with the bourse’s composite index BET-C losing around 0.26% on the day.

The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), dropped 0.07%, while the wider BET-XT decreased 0.42%.

On the other hand, energy tracker BET-NG advanced a mere 0.01%.

Overall trading in Bucharest was RON1.55 million (EUR346,557), with RON291,923 million coming from deals with shares of Fondul Proprietatea and RON209,820 from OMV Petrom (SNP.RO).

Other top-traded issuers early Tuesday morning included investment funds SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) and SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO). (EUR1=RON4.4792)