Overall traded value in Bucharest stood at 32.8 million lei (EUR7.2 million). Share trades amounted to RON31.7 million (EUR6.9 million), with RON12.6 million coming from several special deals with Petrom shares.

Investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) was top-traded issuer on the main market with share transactions worth RON5.4 million. It was followed by SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), with RON3.4 million.

The bourse’s BET index was up 0.5% from Monday’s closing level, and composite index BET-C ended up 0.25%.

BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds, climbed 1.13%, supported by all regional investment funds, which gained between 0.37% and 2.41%. Proprietatea traded flat on the day at RON0.538 a share.

The bourse’s benchmark index BET-BK rose 0.63%, and wider blue-chip index BET-XT added 0.8%.

Energy stocks tracker BET-NG inched up 0.24%, lifted by Petrom, which gained 0.25%, Transelectrica (TEL.RO), with a 1.62% increase, and Transgaz (TGN.RO), which climbed 0.59%. (EUR1=RON 4.5388)