The stock exchange’s composite index BET-C gained 0.42% on the day, to 2,686.63, while BET index rose 0.43% to 4,454.36.
BET-FI, the index tracking Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds SIFs, gained 1.2% to 20,969.39, driven by the 3.3% rise of Proprietatea shares.
The BET Extended index, or BET-XT, rose 0.42%, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, inched up 0.17% on the day.
Trades unfolded on the stock exchange Friday amounted to 39.94 million lei (EUR9.18 million), up from RON38.2 million a day before. Proprietatea accounted for more than half of the total as transactions with the fund’s stock amounted to RON22.64 million.
SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) was the second-top traded issuer. Its stocks inched up 0.9% to RON1.18, on a traded value of RON2.38 million.
Other popular stocks included BVB (BVB.RO), which rose 1.4% on the day, and Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), which closed roughly flat. (EUR1=RON4.3473)