At around 10:50 local time, the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.53% on the day, the BET Plus gained 0.52% on the day.

BET-FI, which tracks investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, inched up 0.16%.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK advanced 0.32%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.40% higher on the day. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.63%. (EUR1=RON4.4089)