At around 11:15 local time, the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 1.13% on the day, while BET Plus gained 1.01% on the day.

BET-FI, which tracks investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, rose 1.27% on the day.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK advanced 0.55%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.91% higher on the day. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.62%. (EUR1=RON4.4180)