The Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C was up 0.84%, to 2,598.19. Blue chip index BET added 0.76%, to 4,589.15.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea, closed up 1.56%.
SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) ended up 3.73%, after adding over 8% in early trading Tuesday. The fund was absent from trading Friday and Monday for the general assembly of shareholders, who approved paying out additional dividends of 98.4 million lei (EUR21.73 million) from existent reserves at the end of 2011. The fund’s Stockholders’ Representatives Council was also replaced this weekend.
Fondul Proprietatea ended up 0.65%, to 0.468 lei (EUR0.10) a share. The four other regional investment funds also closed in green.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT gained 1.11%. The Bucharest bourse’s benchmark index BET-BK was up 1.39%. Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) rose 1.66%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG added 1.08%, supported by all issuers, except Transgaz (TGN.RO), which closed flat.
OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) was up 0.53%, Transelectrica (TEL.RO) rose 2.62% and Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO) climbed 1.36%.
The bourse’s overall traded value stood at RON21.8 million (EUR4.8 million). Share trades amounted to RON19.2 million (EUR4.2 million), and trades with structural products contributed RON2.4 million (EUR531,223 million).
Proprietatea was top-traded issuer on the main market, with share transactions worth RON7.6 million. It was followed by SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), with share trades of RON2.7 million, and SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), with share transactions amounting to RON2.05 million. (EUR1=RON4.5206)