The Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C inched up 0.65%, to 2,611.27, and blue chip index BET rose 0.62%, to 4,635.32.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was up 0.32 %, with all issuers closing in green territory. Fondul Proprietatea closed almost flat on the day, at 0.4711 lei (EUR0.10) per share. The five regional investment funds registered tepid increases ranging between 0.08% and 1.58%.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT added 0.57%. The Bucharest bourse’s benchmark index BET-BK gained 0.52%. Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) closed up 1.21%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG climbed only 0.46%, as OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and Transelectrica (TEL.RO) saw unspectacular increases, of 1.28% and 0.08%, respectively, and Transgaz (TGN.RO) and Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO) closed flat on the day.
The bourse’s overall traded value stood at RON16.7 million (EUR3.6 million). Share trades amounted to RON13.9 million (EUR3.05 million), with RON1.7 million coming from two special deals with Fondul Proprietatea and OMV Petrom shares. Transactions with structural products reached RON2.6 million (EUR 586,931).
Proprietatea was top-traded issuer on the main market, with share transactions worth RON4.8 million, and was followed by OMW Petrom with RON2.5 million. (EUR1=RON4.549)