The stock exchange’s composite index BET-C inched up 0.01% to 2,933.2, while main index BET rose 0.36% to 4,960.18.

BET-FI, the index tracking the SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), gained 0.34% to 23,737.59.

Wider blue-chip tracker BET-XT rose 0.38% on the day, to 471.13, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, dropped 0.66%.

Trades unfolded on the stock exchange amounted to just 26.35 million lei (EUR6 million), less than half of Monday’s RON67.48 million.

SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) was Tuesday’s top-traded issuer. Its stocks dropped 0.7% on the day, to RON1.44, on a traded value of RON4.53 million.

SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) was the second-top traded issuer. Its shares gained 0.77% to RON1.3, on a traded value of RON4.33 million.

Other popular stocks included Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), which dipped 0.1%, and Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), which closed flat on the day. (EUR1=RON4.3483)