At around 11:20 local time, the Bucharest bourse’s BET index and total return index BET-TR rose 0.43%, while the BET Plus index increased 0.40%.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, fell 0.34% on the day.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK gained 0.31%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.24% higher on the day. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG also gained 0.59%.