Shares of Erste Bank surged 6.85%, to 73 lei, while share trades totaled RON24.62 million. The bank’s shares boost mirrored the Vienna market evolution, which was favorable to the bank since Thursday on European Central Bank ECB presenting its anti-crisis plan.
The bourse’s overall traded value was RON79.85 million, 6.5-fold higher from RON16 million (EUR3.5 million) a day before. Share trades amounted to RON74.38 million (EUR16.62 million), while transactions with structured products reached RON2.36 million (EUR528,284).
Erste Bank was the top-traded issuer on the main market, followed by SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO), with RON10.21 million, and Proprietatea, with share transactions of RON8.89 million.
The Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C rose 1.6%, and blue chip index BET gained 2.06%.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), closed 1.97% higher, helped by all issuers. Proprietatea ended up 0.47%, to RON0.5295 (EUR0.11) a share.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT climbed 2.21%, and benchmark index BET-BK added 2.33%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG ended 1.52% higher, supported by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), with a 2.56% increase, and Transelectrica, which rose 1.01%.(EUR1=RON 4.4741)