At around 10:40 local time, the Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C was up 0.26%, while the main index BET was gaining 0.52%.
BET-FI, which tracks the regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea, dipped 0.24%, while the wider BET-XT was gaining 0.28%.
The energy index BET-NG was up 0.57%.
Overall trading was 0.44 million lei (a little over EUR0.1 million), with RON0.3 million coming from Fondul Proprietatea deals. The fund’s shares inched up 0.13% at RON0.4506.
Other popular stocks included regional investment funds SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) and SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), and dominant oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO).