The BET index rose 1.67% to 7,015.23 points, lifted by Petrom’s 3.7% advance and Proprietatea’s 2% gain. The wider BETPlus was up 1.55% to 1,039.46 points..

BET-TR rose 1.67%, while BET-XT increased 1.29%. Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was up 0.62%, while energy stocks tracker gained 1.42%.

Proprietatea’s increase kept the BET-FI index afloat, while most of the SIFs were in negative territory. BET-FI was up 0.26%, despite declines of SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), which was down 1.7%, and SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO), which fell 1.2%.

The total value of share transfers reached 21.2 million lei (EUR4.7 million). The most traded stocks were Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), whose shares rose 0.8%, and Romgaz (SNG.RO), which closed up 0.4%.