The Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C rose 0.98% on the day, to 3,351.16, while the main index BET gained 0.75% to 5,532.18.
Both indexes were pulled up by the 1.8% rise, to 0.3832 lei (EUR0.09) seen by oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), their heaviest issuer, coupled with the 3.04% day-on-day rise of state-owned gas transporter Transgaz (TGN.RO), to RON230.
BET-FI, the index tracking the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, as well as the Proprietatea fund, rose 1.3% on the day, to 22,915.01, despite the 0.09% decline of the Proprietatea shares, to RON0.53, as the SIFs rose 1.89% on average.
Wider blue-chip index BET-XT rose 1.09% to 514.14, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, rose 1.99% on the day, to 789.84.
Trades unfolded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange Monday amounted to RON37.79 million, with a total RON25.45 million coming from deal and main market trades in the Proprietatea fund.
Aside from the Proprietatea fund, SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) was today’s top-traded issuer. Its shares rose 0.78% on the day, to RON0.5195, on a traded value of RON3.41 million.
Other popular stock Monday included Oltchim (OLT.RO), which jumped 15% to RON2, BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO), which inched down 0.07% to RON14.09, and BVB (BVB.RO), which closed flat at RON38. (EUR1=RON4.2217)