The bourse’s overall traded value was only 1.57 million lei (EUR0.35 million) at about 11:00 local time (GMT0800) and RON0.62 million was secured by Proprietatea alone.

BET index was gaining 0.51%, supported by Banca Transilvania (1.07%), Proprietatea (1.01%) and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) (0.11%).

Composite index BET-C was up 0.37%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was gaining 0.49%.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), was 0.64% higher, with all issuers in green.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was rising 0.41% and energy stocks tracker BET-NG was gaining 0.13%. (EUR1=RON4.4631)