Top-traded issuers included SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), Transgaz (TGN.RO), Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO).

At around 11:15 local time, the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.57% on the day, while BET Plus gained 0.53% on the day.

BET-FI, which tracks investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, rose 0.84% on the day.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK advanced 0.63%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.57% higher on the day. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.43%. (EUR1=RON4.4179)