The BET index rose 0.43% on the day, and composite index BET-C closed 0.87% higher.

The Bucharest bourse’s total turnover amounted to 32.85 million lei (EUR7.5 million), double from RON16.7 million a day before. However, the regular market’s liquidity is still low, as deals with the shares of OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), Biofarm (BIO.RO), SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO), SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) and Transgaz (TGN.RO) covered more than half of the total traded value.

On the regular market, Fondul Proprietatea was top-traded issuer, with share transactions worth RON4.85 million, followed by Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), with RON1.7 million, Transelectrica (TEL.RO) and BRD Societe-Generale (BRD.RO), with RON1.3 million.

BET-FI increased 0.22%, and benchmark index BET-BK closed up a mere 0.16%. Extended blue-chip index BET-XT was up 0.39%, while energy stocks tracker BET-NG increased 2.07%, lifted by Rompetrol Rafinare’s (RRC.RO) 15% surge. (EUR1=RON4.3764)