Top-traded issuers included Banca Comericala Carpatica (BCC.RO), Transgaz (TGN.RO), Transelectrica (TEL.RO) and Romgaz (SNG.RO).

At around 11:30 local time, the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.07% on the day, while BET Plus gained 0.11% on the day.

BET-FI, which tracks investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, inched up 0.02% on the day.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK advanced 0.47%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.12% higher on the day. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.28%. (EUR1=RON4.4408)