At around 11:00 local time (GMT0900), the bourse’s composite index BET-C was up 0.29% on the day, while the main index BET was up 0.21%.

The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), inched up 0.11%, while the wider BET-XT was 0.24% higher.

Energy tracker BET-NG was trading up 0.46%, supported by Oil Terminal (OIL.RO), which increased 6.96%, and Transelectrica’s (TEL.RO) 1.33% increase.

Overall trading in Bucharest was 0.87 million lei (EUR0.19 million), with RON0.6 million coming from share transactions.

Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) and SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) were top-traded issuers Monday morning, but on low turnovers. (EUR1=RON4.5349)