The Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C rose 0.46%, to 2,638.69, and blue chip index BET gained 0.77%, to 4,735.35.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), added 1.71%, with all issuers ending in green territory. Proprietatea closed up 0.84%, to 0.4780 lei (EUR0.10) a share. The five regional investment funds registered increases ranging between 1.45% and 2.96%.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT rose 1.06%. The Bucharest bourse’s benchmark index BET-BK increased 1.52%. Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) closed up 2.96%, to RON69.5 (EUR15.22) a share.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG lost 0.07%, dragged down by Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO), which dropped 2.96%. OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and Transgaz (TGN.RO), which added 0.77% and 0.21%, respectively, were unable to counter the fall. Transelectrica (TEL.RO) was absent from trading.
The bourse’s overall traded value stood at RON17.2 million (EUR3.7 million). Share trades amounted to RON15.5 million (EUR3.4 million), with RON5.6 million coming from two special deals with SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) and SIF Crisana-Banat (SIF1.RO) shares, of RON3.6 million and RON2.03 million, respectively. Transactions with structural products reached RON1.17 million (EUR258,192).
Erste Group Bank was top-traded issuer on the main market, with share transactions worth RON3.9 million. It was followed by Proprietatea, with RON1.4 million, and SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), with RON1.2 million. (EUR1=RON4.5651)