At around 11:20 local time, the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.18% on the day, while BET Plus opened up 0.15%.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, lost 0.30% on the day.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK inched up 0.04%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.07% higher on the day. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG gained 0.24%. (EUR1=RON4.4347)