At around 10:49 local time (GMT0849), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.25% from Tuesday’s closing level, while composite index BET-C was gaining 0.35%.

BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, was down 0.58%. The benchmark index BET-BK was 0.30% higher, while BET-XT was up 0.38%.

Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was up a mere 0.07%, with Transgaz’s shares gaining 0.26% and Transelectrica (TEL.RO) 1.22% higher. The other issuers included in this tracker had not registered any transactions in early trade.

The bourse’s overall traded value was 1.03 million lei (EUR0.22 million). Share trades were at RON0.9 million (EUR0.19 million). (EUR1=RON4.5310)