At around GMT0745, the Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C was down 0.64%, while 10-share blue-chip tracker BET was falling 0.61%.
BET-FI, the index tracking the Proprietatea fund and the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, was dropping 1.24%.
The BET Extended index, or BET-XT, which tracks the top 25 blue-chips, was declining 0.89%, while BET-NG, tracking energy companies, was down 1.1%.
Trades unfolded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange by GMT0747 amounted to 2.75 million lei (EUR670,000).
Popular stock early Friday included SIF Moldova, Petrom, SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), lender BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO) and plastic systems maker Teraplast (TRP.RO). (EUR1=RON4.1065)