At around 10:50 am, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was gaining 0.53%, while the main index BET was up 0.31%.

The BET-BK inched up 0.16%, but the BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), declined 0.35%.

Energy tracker BET-NG and the wider BET-XT were up 0.98% and 0.15%, respectively.

Overall trading in Bucharest was 6.8 million lei (EUR1.57 million).

SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) was top-traded issuer Tuesday morning, followed by Fondul Proprietatea and lender Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO). The bank’s shares gained 1.34% to RON1.282. (EUR1=RON4.3072)