The bulk of activity focused Friday on financial issuers, especially the main investment funds and lenders Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) and Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO).
Transilvania shares closed up 2.5% on the day, to 1.2 lei (EUR0.27), while Erste shares dropped 0.63% on the day, to RON70.5.
Turnover stood at RON9.31 million, with Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) as the top traded issuer. The fund’s shares closed flat at RON0.56, on a traded value of RON1.7 million.
Second-top traded issuer was Banca Transilvania, generating a turnover of RON1.57 million, followed by SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), whose shares closed up 1% to RON0.7, on a traded value of RON1.46 million.
The stock market’s main index BET gained 0.94% on the day, while composite index BET-C rose 0.84%.
BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds, rose 0.69% on the day. The five regional investment funds, or SIFs, gained 1% on average.
SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) posted the greatest increase among the SIFs. Its shares gained 2.9% on the day, to RON1.065.
The BET Extended index, or BET-XT, closed up 0.95%, while energy tracker BET-NG rose 0.58%. (EUR1=RON4.3733)