Top-traded issuers included SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO), SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) and Electrica (EL.RO).

At around 11:20 local time, the Bucharest bourse’s BET index inched up 0.05% on the day, while BET Plus gained 0.10% on the day.

BET-FI, which tracks investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, rose 0.31% on the day.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK advanced 0.28%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.15% higher on the day. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG edged up 0.13%. (EUR1=RON4.4290)