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

At around 11:00 local time, the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.14% on the day, while BET Plus gained 0.13% on the day.

BET-FI, which tracks investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, rose 0.53% on the day.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK advanced 0.24%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.23% higher on the day. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.19%. (EUR1=RON4.4488)