Other top-traded stocks included Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) and Romgaz (SNG.RO).

The Bucharest bourse’s main index BET was up 79.03 points, or 1.13%, at 7.103,56, while BET Plus closed up 1.08%, or 11.22 points, to 1.047,39. Total return index BET-TR was up 1.13%, at 7.757,35.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds SIFs, gained 1.44% on the day, at 30.655,52.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK finished the session at 1.344,67, up 1.24% on the day, while energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.78% to 687.87.

The wider BET-XT closed at 644.87, up 1.09% on the day. (EUR1=RON4.437)