At around 10:46 local time, the Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C was falling 0.22% on the day, while 10-share blue-chip index BET was down 0.28%

BET-FI, the index tracking the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, and investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was inching down 0.07%.

Wider blue-chip index BET-XT was losing 0.13%, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was dropping 0.36%.

Trades unfolded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange by 10:47 amounted to 841,150 lei (EUR196,356).

Popular stock early Thursday included Fondul Proprietatea, Oltchim, OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), SIF Oltenia, and Transelectrica (TEL.RO). (EUR1=RON4.2838)