At 11:00 local time (GMT0800), the Bucharest market’s BET index was up 0.34% from Wednesday’s closing level, helped by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and BRD (BRD.RO), which gained 1.15%, 1.21% and 0.94%, respectively.

Composite index BET-C was adding 0.4%.

Investment fund tracker BET-FI was 0.97% higher, with all issuers in green territory, with increases ranging between 0.28% and almost 2%.

Energy stocks index BET-NG climbed 0.42% and benchmark index BET-BK increased 0.48%.

The bourse’s liquidity was scarce, at some 0.9 million lei (EUR0.2 million) at 11:00, with Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), which was flat on the day, contributing RON0.44 million through share transfers. (EUR1=RON4.487)