The stock exchange’s main index BET gained 0.34% on the day, to 5,238, while composite index BET-C rose 0.26% to 3,017.52.

BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, gained 0.66% on the day, to 24,704.81. The shares of investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) closed at 0.5835 lei (EUR0.13), up 1.3% on the day, while the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, inched up 0.3% on average.

The BET Extended index, or BET-XT, gained 0.34% on the day, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, dropped 0.38%.

Trades unfolded on the stock exchange Thursday amounted to a mere RON13.98 million (EUR3.2 million), with RON7.61 million coming from trades in the Proprietatea fund.

SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) was the second-top traded issuer. Its stocks dropped 0.73% to RON0.68, on a traded value of RON0.99 million.

Other popular stocks included Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), which dropped 0.36% and Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), which fell 1.23% on the day. (EUR1=RON4.3672)