The Bucharest market’s BET index was up 0.48% at around 10:50 local time (GMT0850), and composite index BET-C was 0.4% higher.

BET-FI, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was gaining 0.89%, supported by all issuers. Proprietatea was trading up 0.47%.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was up 0.49%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was adding 0.63%.

Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was climbing 0.41%, helped by four issuers, including OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) (+1.09%) and Transgaz (TGN.RO) (+0.19%).

Share transaction amounted to only 1.7 million lei (EUR0.4 million) at 10:50. Proprietatea was top-traded issuer on the main market with share trades worth RON0.2 million. (EUR1=RON4.4178)