The Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C rose 0.5%, while the main index BET gained 0.6%.
BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, rose 1.4% on the day, to 15,904.67, as the regional investment funds (SIFs) recovered part of Tuesday’s sharp losses.
Wider blue-chip index BET-XT gained 0.7% on the day, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, inched up 0.3%.
Trades unfolded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange Wednesday amounted to 32.69 million lei (EUR7.57 million), with RON18.7 million coming from deal and main market trades in investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO). The fund’s shares rose 1.1% on the day, to RON0.43.
Lender BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO) was the second-top traded issuer. Its stocks rose 1.87% on the day, to RON10.9, on a traded value of RON2.17 million.
Other popular stock included SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), which inched up 0.3%, Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), which dipped 0.4%, and Transgaz (TGN.RO), which gained 0.4%. (EUR1=RON4.3144)