At around 10:50 local time (GMT0750), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.25% from Friday closing level, and composite index BET-C was gaining 0.18%.
Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) was trading up 0.35%, at 0.7105 lei (EUR0.158) a share, a new record high, and Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) was climbing 0.72%.
BET-FI, which tracks Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), inched 0.06% higher, helped by four issuers, which gained between 0.35% and 1.78%. SIF Crisana-Banat was losing about 3%.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK gained 0.22%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was up a mere 0.15%.
Transgaz (TGN.RO) (0.53%) and Transelectrica (TEL.RO) (0.9%) helped energy stocks tracker BET-NG gain 0.37%.
The bourse’s turnover stood at about RON4.5 million (EUR1 million) after the first hour of trading. Fondul Proprietatea, Banca Transilvania and SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) covered almost half of the traded value. (EUR1=RON4.4771)