The BETPlus advanced 2.88 points, or 0.28%, to 1,029.64, while the BET index won 0.31% to 6,955.19.
BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, inched up 37.9 points, or 0.13%, 29,623.57. Fondul Proprietatea closed 0.06% higher at RON0.8485 a share. The fund covered around one fourth of the day’s trading, with total deals worth RON10.77 million (EUR2.43 million).
The BET-BK closed at 1,242.97, or 0.44% higher on the day, while the energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.65% to 693.14.
Natural gas producer Romgaz (SNG.RO) gained 0.98% at RON34 a share, while oil company OMV Petrom increased 0.27% to RON0.4861. Petrom, the country’s largest oil group, announced today that it has discovered a new oil reservoir on the continental shelf of the Black Sea. First estimates from production tests show a potential production per well of 1,500 – 2,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day.
State-run power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) won 1.13% on the day to RON21.44.
The BET-XT closed up 0.28% 623.47.
Overall trading value in Bucharest was RON45.2 million (EUR10.2 million), up from RON43.6 million Tuesday. (EUR1=RON4.4348)