On Monday, Enel and ArcelorMittal said they would sell their stakes in EnergoNuclear, the joint-venture created to build the two reactors. Nuclearelectrica will remain the sole shareholder of the company.
Despite Nuclearelectrica’s fall, the Bucharest bourse’s BET ended up 0.96%, at 6,477.94, as all the other nine components of the index ended in green.
BRD (BRD.RO) and Romgaz (SNG.RO) were both up 0.8%, Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) added 0.4%, while Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) rose 2%.
General index BET-C was up 0.7% to 3,337.89 points, while investment fund tracker BET-FI increased by 1% to 31,168.76 points.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was up 0.97%, while BET-XT, which tracks the 25 most traded stocks on the Romanian capital market, closed 0.98% higher.
Energy sector index BET-NG gained just 0.65%, dragged down by Nuclearelectrica, while Transelectrica (TEL.RO) was up 2.2%. OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) closed up 0.8%, while Transgaz (TGN.RO) increased by 0.3%.
The traded values were reduced, with share transfers reaching 20.6 million lei (EUR4.6 million). BRD and Romgaz were the most traded issuers, followed by Transgaz. (EUR1=RON4.4597)