BET

Bucharest Stock Exchange, down almost 10 pct Monday morning

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) opened Monday's session down, and 10 minutes in, it recorded transactions worth 14.23 million lei (2.9 million euros). The main BET index, indicating the trend of the 15 most liquid companies, registered a decrease of 9.79 pct, to 8,520.67 points, and the BET-Plus index, which shows the trend of the 37 most liquid titles from BVB, was down 9.56 pct.

Yogi Berra on the Turkish economy

I learned the basics of America?s favorite pastime only when the Red Sox were on their way to break the Bambino?s curse in 2004. Therefore, I won?t hold it against you if you have never heard of Yogi Berra.

However, the baseball great, who passed away on Sept. 22, was famous for his ?wise? sayings, some of which apply to the Turkish economy really well.

Bucharest Stock Exchange up 9.07 pct in 2014

The main index BET of the top 10 liquid issuers of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) went up 9.07 percent in 2014 and closed the last trading session of this year at 7.083 points, compared to 6,493.79 points on Dec. 30, 2013.

In 2014 the BET index reached a low of 6,135 points on March 14 and a peak of 7,278.03 points on Oct.1.