June 24 (SeeNews) - The blue-chip BET index of the Bucharest Stock Exchange was trading down 2.98% to 6,301.89 points by 1643 CET on Friday, after plunging 6.12% on Brexit uncertainty in the morning, bourse data indicated.
Equity turnover on the Bucharest bourse, BVB, rose to 59.7 million lei ($15 million/13.2 million euro) by 1643 CET, from 7.34 million lei at 0915 CET.
The most traded companies throughout the day were Banca Transilvania [BSE: TLV], Romgaz [BSE: SNG] and blue chip investment fund Fondul Proprietatea [BSE: FP], data from the BVB showed.
The BET Plus index, which currently includes 34 regulated market-listed companies that meet minimum selection criteria of liquidity and free float, was down 2.95%, as compared to a negative 5.99% in the morning.
The BET-NG, which includes companies from the energy sector and utilities, was 2% lower by 1643 CET after losing 5.18% in the morning.
BET-XT, which comprises the most liquid 25 shares traded on the regulated market including the SIF investment funds, was 2.78% lower, after shedding 5.87% in the morning.
The Romanian stocks' performance has once again shown their close correlation with foreign markets, local brokerage Tradeville commented.
The worst hit stocks were banks, it added. On the opposite end, government securities appreciated.
Tradeville brokers projected the Bucharest bourse will probably remain vulnerable to global risks in the next period.
(1 euro=4.5366 lei)
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