“Thursday’s meeting had a different start compared with Wednesday’s; showing that yesterday’s (Wednesday – e.n.) suspending decision was rational. I still do not think BVB can influence indices colors (green for increase, red for decrease – e.n.),” Farmache said.
He mentioned that only the variations of the BET index, which tracks the ten most liquid stocks on BVB, can indicate a new suspension of trading, and that Thursday’s fall of the five investment funds, or SIFs, represents a short term reaction.
Between 1000 and 1030 GMT, SIF’s fell 11.88%, which also caused a decrease of the composite market’s index, or BET-C, 2.03%, while BET was 3.45% lower.
The Bucharest Stock Exchange board suspended Wednesday the trading, at 0808 GMT, after the market took a steep dive, with its main indices recording losses larger than 10%, while the five regional investment funds plunged 14.64%.