The Bucharest bourse’s BET index inched 0.16% higher in Thursday trading, with Transgaz gaining 1.4% and Banca Transilvania rising 1.1%, despite OMV Petrom’s (SNP.RO) 0.65% decrease.
Composite index BET-C closed up a mere 0.02%, but investment fund tracker BET-FI fell 0.7%. Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) was flat on the day, but SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) and SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) were down 2.6% and 1.7%, respectively.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK declined 0.49%, and BET-XT was down 0.2%. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.17%.
The interest for trading was reduced, and the value of share transfers halved to 17.9 million lei (EUR4.1 million), from RON33.3 million on Tuesday. Wednesday, the market was closed for a national holiday.
Fondul Proprietatea covered around 70% of the turnover, with its shares generating a traded value of RON12.4 million. (EUR1=RON4.3352)