The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) opened Thursday's session down over 5 pct, and 10 minutes in, it recorded transactions worth 7.2 million lei (1.5 million euros).
At the same time, the extended blue-chip BET-XT index, of the most liquid 25 securities, lost 5.88 pct of its value, and the BET-BK return on investment funds depreciated by 5.72 pct.
The BET-FI index of the SIFs was down 6.20 pct.
BET-NG, the index of the 10 companies in the energy and utilities sector, posted a 5.08 depreciation.
According to the BVB data, the largest increases in the value of shares were recorded by Altur (+7.81 pct), Carbochim (+2.5 pct) and Prebet (+1.33 pct).
On the other hand, there was a decrease in the shares of Aerostar (-14.8 pct), Rompetrol Rafinare (-14.12 pct) and IAR Brasov (-14.06 pct).AGERPRES