Carpatica’s shares rose 7.54% to close at 0.0685 lei (EUR0.0153), the highest level in the past two years. The banks’ shares gained over 9% in the previous two sessions. Since the lender hasn’t made any announcements that would justify the price increase, brokers believe the price has been influenced by the low liquidity in the market and by speculative trading.
The market’s BET-C composite index closed up 29.75 points, or 0.97%, at 3110.76, while the main index BET advanced 65.63 points, or 1.12%, to 5931.35.
The BET-FI index, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), rose 4.93 points, or 0.02%, at 26429.51. Fondul Proprietatea closed up 0.63% at RON0.722 a share.
The BET-BK finished the session 0.68% higher at 1129.69 points, while the BET-NG advanced 5.45 points, or 0.85%, to 645.03.
The wider BET-XT closed at 534.98, up 0.81% on the day.
Overall trading reached RON13.1 million lei (EUR2.93 million), largely supported by deals with Fondul Proprietatea and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) stock. The oil company closed up 4.21% at RON0.4481 a share. (EUR1=RON4.4712)