At around 10:40 am, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was losing 0.23% on the day, but the main index BET was up 0.11%.
Benchmark index BET-BK was roughly flat on the day, while the BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), inched up 0.08%.
Fondul Proprietatea advanced 0.21% at RON0.6995 a share.
Energy tracker BET-NG was down 0.47%, despite power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) and natural gas transporter Transgaz (TGN.RO) being in the green. Transelectrica’s shares were up 0.72% at RON13.9 a share, while Transgaz was gaining 0.16% at RON190.5 a share. However, Romania’s dominant oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) edged down 0.25% at RON0.4441 a share.
The wider BET-XT was flat on the day.
Overall trading in Bucharest was RON4.92 million (EUR1.1 million). (EUR1=RON4.4503)