The stock exchange’s composite index BET-C closed up 1% on the day, to 2,675.45, while the BET index rose 0.63% to 4,435.35.
BET-FI, the index tracking the regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was up 0.71% on the day, to 20,719.79.
The BET Extended index, or BET-XT, increased 0.76% on the day, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, rose 1.14%.
Trades unfolded on the stock exchange Thursday amounted to a total 38.2 million lei (EUR8.79 million), but EUR7 million came from deal market trades in lender BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO) and SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO). Wednesday, the overall traded value amounted to RON27.5 million.
Fondul Proprietatea was the top-traded issuer on the Bucharest market Thursday. Its shares rose 0.18% on the day, to RON0.437, on a traded value of RON12.26 million.
Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) was the second-top traded issuer. Its shares dropped 0.98% to RON0.9, on a traded value of RON2.65 million.
Other popular stocks included Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), which jumped 9.6% on the day, and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), which closed up 2.16%. (EUR1=RON4.3452)