Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) recouped after yesterday’s loss and closed up 2%, while BRD (BRD.RO) rose almost 1.5%.
Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) closed 1% higher, while OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) advanced 1.7% and Transelectrica (TEL.RO) gained 1.5%.
BET, the Bucharest bourse’s main index, rose 1.06% to 7,427.51 points, the highest level since June 2008, while BETPlus was up 1.05% to 1,092.37 points.
BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds SIFs, inched 0.01% lower, while BET-XT was up 0.84%. Both total return indexes were also in positive territory, with BET-TR closing up 1.06% and BET-XT-TR gaining 0.84%.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK rose 0.41%, while energy sector tracker BET-NG increased 0.64%.
The bourse’s total traded value stayed high compared with the past weeks’ average, with share transfers reaching 66.9 million lei (EUR15.1 million), up from RON64 million on Wednesday.
Romgaz (SNG.RO) shares were the most traded, with total transfers amounting to RON20.2 million, while trades with Proprietatea stock totaled RON16.9 million.