A 7.86% stake in investment fund SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) was sold for RON66.5 million, via six deals, at a price 14.63% higher compared with Monday’s close.

An 11.34% stake in Teraplast (TRP.RO) was also sold for RON6.5 million.

The Bucharest bourse’s main index BET was up 34.02 points, or 0.54%, at 6.276,65, while composite index BET-C closed up 0.38% to 3.193,56.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, gained 0.46% on the day, at 29.321,18.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK finished the session at 1.199,34, up 0.47% on the day, while energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.23% to 645.84.

The wider BET-XT closed at 577.84, up 0.53% on the day.

Overall trading reached 97.80 million lei (EUR21.67 million), 2.6-fold higher from RON37.09 million Monday.

Top-traded stocks included Fondul Proprietatea, OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), Romgaz (SNG.RO), SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO). (EUR1=RON4.5085)