The Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C gained 0.56% to 2,668.64, and blue chip index BET climbed 0.85%, to 4,781.68.

The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea, ended 1.14% higher with all issuers in green territory. Proprietatea closed up 0.48%, to 0.5250 lei (EUR0.11) a share.

The extended blue-chip index BET-XT closed 0.93% higher.

The Bucharest bourse’s benchmark index BET-BK rose 1.16%, with Erste Group Bank ending up 2.41%, to RON 68.1 (EUR14.8) a share.

Energy stocks tracker BET-NG added 0.58%, helped by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), with a 0.57% increase, Transgaz (TGN.RO), which climbed 1.73%, and Transelectrica (TEL.RO), which rose 1.11%. Rompetrol Rafinare lost 0.95%.

The bourse’s overall traded value stood at RON10.4 million (EUR2.28 million). Share trades amounted to RON7.8 million (EUR1.7 million), of which RON789,750 came from a special deal with Fondul Proprietatea shares.

Transactions with structural products reached RON1.27 million (EUR279,636).

Proprietatea was again top-traded issuer on the main market with share trades worth RON2.6 million. It was followed by Erste Group Bank, with RON1.58 million. (EUR1=RON4.574)