At around 10:49 local time, the Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C was rising 0.19% on the day, while the main index, BET, was up 0.15%.

BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, was gaining 0.5% on the day.

Wider blue-chip tracker BET-XT was gaining 0.18%, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was inching up 0.1%.

Trades unfolded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange by 10:53 local time amounted to 1.84 million lei (EUR426,000).

Popular stock early Thursday included Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), Ropharma (RPH.RO), Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) and SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO).