At around 10:45 local time (GMT0850), the BET index was gaining a mere 0.15%, and general index BET-C was 1.09% higher.

BET-FI was adding 0.56% with five of its six issuers in green territory. SIF Crisana-Banat (SIF1.RO) was absent from trading. Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) was trading up 0.68%, at 0.5915 lei (EUR0.13) a share.

Benchmark index BET-BK was up a mere 0.29%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT inched up 0.26%.

Energy stocks tracker BET-NG traded up 2.74%, supported mainly by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) (+ 0.46%), Transgaz (TGN.RO) (+0.95%), Transelectrica (TEL.RO) (+0.7%) and Rompetrol Rafinare (+14.78).

Overall traded values were at 7.5 million lei (EUR1.7 million) at 10:45. Share trades amounted to RON7.4 million.

Rompetrol Rafinare was top traded issuer on the main market with share transactions worth RON0.14 million. (EUR1=RON4.397)