The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) stocks opened lower on Thursday on trades of RON 9.35 million (EUR 1.84 million) 40 minutes into the trading session.

The main BET index reflecting the developments in the 20 most liquid stocks fell by 0.91%, and the BET-Plus index reflecting the developments in the 43 most liquid BVB stocks declined 0.87%.

The extended blue-chip BET-XT index of the 25 most liquid stocks declined 0.84%, and the BET-BK index, the Bucharest exchange trading benchmark index, was down 0.77%.

The BET-FI index of financial intermediation stocks was down 0.77% while BET-NG, the index of 10 energy and utilities stocks, decreased by 0.96%.

According to BVB, the top three risers were AETA (+14.57%), Ropharma (+2.94%) and Compa (+2.80%).

On the other hand, the top three fallers wereSantierul Naval Orsova (-4.76%), SIF Hoteluri(-4.72%) and Patria Bank (-3.36%) .

AGERPRES