After several sessions of growth touching the maximum allowed variation, Oltchim stock dropped 10.98% to RON1.8, on a traded value of RON3.12 million.

The Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C fell 0.85% on the day, to 3,400.9, while the blue-chip index BET dropped 0.27% to 5,556.66.

BET-FI, the index tracking the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, and investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), fell 1.37% to 22,414.64.

BET-XT, the index tracking the top 25 blue-chips, closed down 0.92%, to 515.24, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, closed at 847.16, down 1.23% on the day.

Trades unfolded Thursday on the Bucharest Stock Exchange amounted to 44.36 million lei (EUR10.63 million), with RON15.66 million coming from trades in Proprietatea stock. Wednesday’s overall traded value stood at RON41 million.

Thus, the Proprietatea fund was today’s top-traded issuer. Its stock closed flat at RON0.502.

Oil Terminal (OIL.RO), the second-top traded stock, rose 4.52% on the day, to RON0.335, on a traded value of RON6.48 million.

Other popular stock Thursday included SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), which dropped 1.77% to RON1.385, Azomures (AZO.RO), which closed down 5.57% at RON0.822, and BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO), which inched up 0.07%, to RON14.31. (EUR1=RON4.172)