Transelectrica rose 7.34% to RON16.82 a share after the company said it proposed paying out is shareholders total dividends worth RON163.3 million (EUR36.6 million) from the 2013 profit, 5.5-fold higher on the year.

The BET-C closed up 30.33 points, or 0.96%, at 3,202.89, while the BET index gained 68.46 points, or 1.10% to 6,317.11.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, was up 1.02% on the day, at 28,843.23. Fondul Proprietatea rose 2.34% to RON0.8100 a share.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK closed the session at 1,189.40 points, up 1.26% on the day, while energy stocks tracker BET-NG gained 1.08% at 650.28.

The wider BET-XT closed at 576.87, up 0.92% on the day.

Overall trading reached 32.3million lei (EUR7.2 million), higher from RON20.1 million Tuesday.

Top-traded issuers included Fondul Proprietatea, Transelectrica, OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and Romgaz (SNG.RO). (EUR1=RON4.4637)