The Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C fell 1.05% on the day, to 3,307.82, while 10-share blue-chip index BET dropped 1% to 5,523.25.
Both indexes were mainly held back by the 1.73% decline of oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), their heaviest issuer, and the 1.51% decrease of Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) stock.
BET-FI, the index tracking the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, as well as investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), fell 1.28% on the day, to 22,830.70.
Wider blue-chip tracker BET-XT dropped 0.98% to 513.15, while BET-NG, the index tracking energy companies, closed at 794.36, down 1.48% on the day.
Trades unfolded Thursday on the Bucharest Stock Exchange amounted to 36.37 million lei (EUR8.8 million), with RON4.54 million coming from one deal market trade in BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO) and RON15.35 million coming from transactions with Proprietatea stock.
Aside from the Proprietatea fund, Oltchim (OLT.RO) was today’s top-traded issuer. Its shares jumped another 15%, the maximum allowed variation limit, closing at RON1.322. Oltchim stock was subject to transactions worth a total RON3.86 million.
BRD shares closed down 0.98%, to RON14.2, while Petrom shares closed at RON0.398 and Banca Transilvania shares closed at RON1.175.
Other popular stock Thursday included SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO), which fell 1.95% to RON1.31, Azomures (AZO.RO), which rose 1.04% to RON0.8255, and Transgaz (TGN.RO), which dropped 0.71% on the day, to RON253.2.