Top-traded stocks included Romgaz (SNG.RO), Electrica (EL.RO), and Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO).

The Bucharest bourse’s main index BET was up 6.79 points, or 0.09%, at 7.194,98, while BET Plus closed up 0.11%, or 1.15 points, to 1.060,39. Total return index BET-TR was up 0.09%, at 7.857,19.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds SIFs, closed up 0.64% at 31.069,77.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK finished the session at 1.367,17, up 0.37% on the day, while energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.5% to 695.66.

The wider BET-XT closed at 653.10, up 0.15% on the day. (EUR1=RON4.4408)