At around 11:30 local time (GMT0830), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.3% from Friday’s closing level. The composite index BET-C was losing 0.27%, while the benchmark index BET-BK was down a mere 0.03%.

BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds, traded up 0.08%, while energy stocks index was down 0.2%.

The bourse’s overall traded value at 11:30 was of just 1.3 million lei (EUR0.3 million), with financial stocks attracting the most interest.

Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) traded down 0.4%, while SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) was up 0.65%. Among energy shares, Transelectrica was flat on the day, while OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) traded down 0.5%. (EUR1=RON4.4819)