At around 10:45 am, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was up 0.27%, while the main index BET inched up 0.05%.

The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was gaining 1.45%, while the wider BET-XT index was up 0.46%.

Energy tracker BET-NG advanced 0.25% from a day earlier.

Overall trading in Bucharest was RON3.96 million (EUR0.9 million) Top-traded issuers included natural gas transporter Transgaz (TGN.RO), Austria’s Erste Group Bank AG (EBS.RO) and investment fund SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO). (EUR1=RON4.4053)