At around 11:00 local time (GMT0800), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.30% on the day, while BET Plus gained 0.27% on the day.

BET-FI, which tracks investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, rose 0.07% on the day.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK advanced 0.15%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.25% higher on the day. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.43%. (EUR1=RON4.3971)