The Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C rose 0.88%, to 2,628.85. It increased by 3.2% in July, after it dropped about 18% over the past four months, and managed to exceed the level registered at the end of 2011.
Blue chip index BET gained 0.87%, to 4,693.35.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), climbed 1.02%, as only SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) closed in red territory (-0.69%). Proprietatea ended up 2.7%, to 0.5090 lei (EUR0.1) a share.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT added 0.73%.
The Bucharest bourse’s benchmark index BET-BK inched up 0.02%. Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) ended down 3.93%, at RON66 (EUR14.4) a share.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG closed 0.76% higher, helped by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), which rose 1.52%, Transelectrica (TEL.RO), which gained 2.36%, and Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO), whose shares ended up 0.33%. Transgaz (TGN.RO) dropped 0.53%.
The bourse’s overall traded value stood at RON18.5 million (EUR4.06 million). Share trades amounted to RON17.3 million (EUR3.8 million), of which RON4.2 million came from two special deals with shares of Fondul Proprietatea and SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), of RON2.5 million and RON1.7 million, respectively.
Proprietatea was top-traded issuer on the main market with share transactions worth RON6 million. (EUR1=RON4.5694)