Article: Romania's stock market slides 10 pct in 2 days

Romania's stock market slides 10 pct in 2 days

BUCHAREST, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) has lost some 10 percent of its capitalization over the past two days, with the best trading stocks falling to their lowest levels in two and a half years, local daily Ziarul financiar said Thursday.

The BVB continued on a loss of 4 percent on Wednesday, which added to a previous 5-percent loss on Tuesday.

The securities traded by the Financial Investment Companies (SIF)declined 6 percent of their value on Wednesday, while the large stocks making up the BET index lost more than 5 percent.

Financial stocks set off the decline, as the largest trade was performed by banks and the ...

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