At around 10:32 local time (GMT0832), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.18%, while composite index BET-C was gaining 0.27%.

BET-FI, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was up 0.97%. Proprietatea inched 0.2% higher, but SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) was up 2%.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was up 0.55%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.4% higher. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was up 0.45%.

The traded values were very low after more than 30 minutes of trading, with share transfers reaching just 0.33 million lei (EUR0.07 million).