At around 11:20 local time, the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.51% on the day, while BET Plus gained 0.48% on the day.

BET-FI, which tracks investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, rose 0.25% on the day.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK advanced 0.26%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.44% higher on the day. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.29%. (EUR1=RON4.4425)