The Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C rose 0.62% on the day, to 2,779.13, while the main index BET closed up 0.58%, to 4,557.47.

Oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) gained 1.19%, to 0.2985 lei (EUR0.07), while lender BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO) ended up 0.46%, to RON11.02.

BET-FI, the index tracking the five SIFs and investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) fell 1.08%, as the Proprietatea fund closed flat and the SIFs dove 1.6% on average.

SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) fell 2.35% to RON0.996, while SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) declined 0.87% to RON0.42.

Wider blue-chip tracked BET-XT increased 0.11%, while energy company tracker BET-NG gained 1.09% on the day.

Trades unfolded Tuesday on the Bucharest Stock Exchange amounted to RON28.21 million.

The Proprietatea fund was once again the top-traded issuer. Its shares closed at RON0.4575, on a traded value of RON8.82 million.

Second-top traded issuer was Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), whose stocks closed flat as well, at RON1.06, on a traded value of RON2.5 million.

Other popular stock included Erste Group Bank, which declined 0.6% to RON99.7 and Dafora (DAFR.RO), which gained 0.53%, to RON0.0756. (EUR1=RON4.2579)