Overall trading reached 20.66 million lei (EUR4.66 million), lower from RON27.04 million Wednesday. Trades with Electrica (EL.RO), worth RON4.03 million, covered a quarter of the traded value.

The Bucharest bourse’s main index BET was up 26.87 points, or 0.39%, at 6.955,11, while BET Plus closed up 0.39%, or 4.05 points, to 1.029,85.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, gained 0.62% on the day, at 30.257,81. Fondul Proprietatea closed flat while the SIFs gained between 0.96% and 1.53%, except for SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), which lost 0.15%.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK finished the session at 1.265,95, up 0.63% on the day, while energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.39% to 693.35.

The wider BET-XT closed at 627.59, up 0.48% on the day.

Top-traded stocks included Electrica (EL.RO), Romgaz (SNG.RO), SIF Banat Crisana (SIF1.RO), SIF Transilvania (SIF 3.RO), and SIF Moldova ( SIF2.RO). (EUR1=RON4.4155)