The Bucharest bourse’s BET index rose 0.4% to 5,243.86, while composite index BET-C closed at 2,952.78, up 0.3% on the day.
The day’s performer was BET-FI, which gained 1.3%, as Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) went up 0.8%, while the five regional investment funds (SIFs) posted increases between 0.3% and 2.5%.
SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) shares rose 2.5%, while SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) closed up 2.3%. SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) was the underperformer, with its shares up just 0.3%.
BET-XT, which tracks the 25 most-traded stocks in Bucharest, closed up 0.6%, while energy sector index BET-NG gained 0.2%.
The bourse’s overall traded value was 55.4 million lei (EUR12.6 million), the highest in April. More than half of the total came from special deals with shares of BRD-Group Societe Generale (BRD.RO), OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO), which cumulated RON28.4 million.
BRD closed flat on the day, at RON10.6 a share, while Petrom rose 0.2% to RON0395 per share. SIF Moldova shares gained 1.15%, and Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) posted a 3.4% increase. (EUR1=RON4.3791)