At around 10:47 am, the Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C was rising 0.37% from Thursday’s closing level, while 10-share blue-chip index BET was up 0.35%.

BET-FI, the index tracking investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, was gaining 0.52%.

Wider blue-chip index BET-XT was up 0.42%, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was rising 0.46%.

Trades unfolded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange by 10:50 am amounted to 14 million lei (EUR3.3 million).

Aside from Carbochim, popular stock early Friday included the Proprietatea fund, SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO), Oltchim (OLT.RO) and Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO). (EUR1=RON4.2294)