Main index BET index closed up 1.55% from Wednesday close, with Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) gaining 4.76% and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) climbing 0.23%. OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and BRD (BRD.RO) rose 1.89% and 0.64%, respectively.

General index BET-C added 1.1%.

Overall trading in Bucharest stood at about 51.5 million lei (EU11.6 million), with RON49 million coming from share trades, RON0.8 million from three bond deals and RON0.93 million from transactions with structural products.

The bourse’s liquidity was mainly secured by Fondul Proprietatea, which contributed RON9.7 million through share transactions and RON4.7 million through three special deals.

BRD pushed up liquidity with several special deals worth RON12.8 million.

Erste Bank (EBS.RO), which ended 3.5% higher, secured RON4.5 million through shares transfers. Petrom ensured RON2.9 million through share trades and RON3.4 million through two special deals.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), ended 0.4% higher.

Benchmark index BET-BK ended up 0.81% and energy stocks tracker BET-NG gained 1.02%. (EUR1=RON4.4255)