Bucharest Stock Exchange: Monthly Report January 2016

Bucharest Stock Exchange has started the year on a declining trend, more pronounced than most markets in the region. In January the main index of BVB – BET – dropped by 10.5%.

BET Total Return (BET-TR) ended January with a similar decline as BET. The BET-TR index is reflecting the evolution of ten most liquid stocks listed on the Bucharest Stosk Exchange, included in the BET and dividends distributed to shareholders by these companies.

The value of transactions with shares climbed in January by nearly 4%, to RON 631.82mn (EUR 139.41mn) compared to December 2015. Turnover of shares is, however, approximately 11% below the level recorded in the same period 2015.

Average daily trading value was almost RON 32mn ( EUR 7 mn) in January 2016, close to that recorded in December 2015.

In January 2016, investors traded in total shares, fund units, bonds and structured products for RON 770mn (EUR 170mn), up by 1.6% over the amount recorded in the same month last year.

The market capitalization of all companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange fell to RON 132.8 bn (EUR 29.3bn) in January 2016. Out of this amount, the market capitalization of Romanian companies was RON 68.7 bn (EUR 15.1bn).

In December, the five most traded shares were: Fondul Proprietatea (FP), Banca Transilvania (TLV), Romgaz (SNG), Electrica (EL) and BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD), with a total value of more than RON 450mn. 

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