Bucharest’s BET index rose 0.41% on Friday, and is up 18.74% from the last trading day of 2011.
Composite index BET-C gained just 6.28% in 2012, after an almost 16% drop last year. Friday, BET-C closed up 0.54%.
BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds, fell 0.2% today, but it was still a whopping 31.8% higher on the year, as positive financial results kept the five regional investment funds (SIFs) into attention all year.
The bourse’s overall traded value was at 82.6 million lei (EUR18.6 million) on Friday, much higher than a day before, lifted by bond trades worth RON56.2 million. Share transactions amounted to RON22.8 million (EUR5.2 million), up 18% on the day.
Benchmark index BET-BK was up 0.71% from Thursday’s closing level, while extended blue-chip index BET-XT inched 0.05% higher.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG gained 2.53% on the day, lifted mainly by Transelectrica (TEL.RO). Shares of Transelectrica rose 10.35% after the country’s energy regulator approved an increase in tariffs perceived by the power grid operator. (EUR1=RON4.4291)