At around 10:41 local time (GMT0741), the bourse’s composite index BET-C was gaining 0.11%, while the main index BET was up 0.13% from Wednesday’s closing levels.

The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was up 0.24%, and the wider BET-XT was 0.16% higher.

Energy tracker BET-NG was up a mere 0.09%.

The bourse’s overall traded value was 1.14 million lei (EUR252,322), but share trades contributed just RON0.7 million (around EUR150,000).

Erste Bank (EBS.RO) was top-traded issuer Thursday morning, followed by SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO). (EUR1=RON4.5262)