Banca Transilvania Thursday said its net profit rose 17% to 374.9 million lei (EUR83.7 million) in 2013, on higher revenue from lending. In 2012, the bank reported a net profit of RON320.4 million.
At around 10:41 local time (GMT0841), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.18%, while composite index BET-C was flat on the day.
BET-FI, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was down 0.21%. Proprietatea and the SIFs edged lower in early trade, except for SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO).
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was down 0.03%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.08% higher. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was down 0.18%.
The traded values reached RON2.26 million (EUR0.5 million), mainly supported by transfers with the shares of Banca Transilvania. (EUR1=RON4.4779)