The Bucharest stock exchange’s composite index closed up 0.85%, at 2,726.61, while the BET index rose 0.83% to 4,542.31.
Both indexes were kept afloat by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), which closed up 3.3%. Petrom weighs some 20% in the indexes’ structure.
BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds closed at 21,130.84, up 0.1% on the day, as the regional investment funds (SIFs) were mixed, and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) ended up 0.4%.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT was up 0.65% on the day, while BET-NG, which tracks the energy stocks, gained 1.1%.
The bourse’s overall traded value stood at 22.4 million lei (EUR5.2 million) Wednesday, halved from RON45 million a day before.
One year after its listing in Bucharest, Fondul Proprietatea confirmed its status as the bourse’s top traded issuer, with deals worth RON8 million in Wednesday’s session.
Proprietatea was followed by Petrom, with trades worth RON1.6 million, and the SIFs. SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) closed down 0.4%, while SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) rose 0.8%. Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) rose 0.5%, on trades of RON1.3 million. (EUR1=RON4.3467)