The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) stocks opened mostly lower on Tuesday on trades of RON 4.45 million (EUR 875,661) 30 minutes into the trading session.

The main BET index reflecting the developments in the 20 most liquid stocks fell by 0.20%, and the BET-Plus index reflecting the developments in the 43 most liquid BVB stocks declined 0.19%.

The extended blue-chip BET-XT index of the 25 most liquid stocks lost 0.05%, and the BET-BK index, the Bucharest exchange trading benchmark index, was down 0.17%.

The BET-FI index of financial brokerage stocks increased by 1.82% while BET-NG, the index of 10 energy and utilities stocks, decreased by 0.32%.

According to BVB, the top three risers were Altur (+5.88%), Condmag (+3.57%) and Romcarbon (+3.31%).

On the other hand, the top three fallers were Roca Industry Holdingrock (-3.86%), Bittnet Systems Bucharest (-3.01%) and Carbochim (-2.88%). AGERPRES