The Bucharest Stock Exchange opened Thursday’s session lower, with the BET index falling by 0.67%.

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) opened Thursday, October 22, trading session lower, with the main indices recording losses in the first part of the day. The performance reflected a cautious start for investors amid low trading turnover.

Forty-five minutes after the market opened, the total value of trades had reached 10.28 million lei, equivalent to approximately 1.93 million euros.

The BET index, which tracks the performance of the 20 most liquid companies listed on the BVB, was down 0.67%. BET-Plus lost 0.47%, BET-XT declined by 0.66%, while BET-BK, a benchmark index for investment funds, fell by 0.76%.

In the segment of financial investment companies, the BET-FI index posted a 0.59% decline. BET-NG, which includes energy and utilities companies, was down 0.37%. The only main index in positive territory was BET AeRO, with a 0.39% gain.

The largest gains on the regulated market were recorded by UAMT, up 14.97%, Rompetrol Rafinare, up 14.71%, and Societatea de Construcții Napoca, up 14.68%. At the other end of the scale, Chimcomplex Borzești lost 3.26%, Erste Group Bank fell by 2.59%, and BRD – Groupe Société Générale declined by 2.17%.