The Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C fell 0.24% on the day, to 3,275.12, while 10-share blue-chip index BET closed down 0.4%, to 5,464.13.
The two indexes were mainly influenced by the near 15% decline seen by chemical company Oltchim (OLT.RO), which is now seeing a recoil motion after soaring over the past several session. Oltchim stock closed at 1.145 lei (EUR0.277).
BET-FI, the index tracking the Proprietatea fund and the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, dropped 1.26% on the day, to 22,173.36.
Wider blue-chip tracker BET-XT fell 0.83%, to 504.24, while the energy companies index, BET-NG, closed at 792.27, down 0.21% on the day.
Trades unfolded Monday on the Bucharest Stock Exchange amounted to RON16.92 million, with RON9.33 million coming from trades with Proprietatea stock, which closed down 0.59%, to RON0.485.
Chemical company Azomures (AZO.RO) was the second-top traded issuer today. Its stock rose 0.82%, to RON0.796, on a traded value of RON1 million.
Other popular stock Monday included SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), which fell 1.43%, Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), which dropped 0.52% and Amonil (AMO.RO), which rose 4.35%.