Investors are waiting for the U.S. to release manufacturing data for August and a report regarding the jobless rate.
At around 11:00 a.m., the Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C was gaining 0.1%% from Monday close and the main index BET was only 0.04% higher, lifted by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), which added 1.28% and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), which was up 0.07%. BRD (BRD.RO) was losing 0.58%.
Benchmark index BET-BK rose 0.04%, while the BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Proprietatea, fell a mere 0.08%.
Energy tracker BET-NG was gaining 0.46% and wider BET-XT was 0.05% higher.
Overall trading in Bucharest was low, amounting to only RON0.3 million (EUR0.06 million) at 11:00. The bourse’s top-traded issuer was S.S.I.F. Broker (BRK.RO), with share transfers worth RON0.041 million. (EUR1=RON4.4221)