At around 10:30 local time (GMT0730), the Bucharest market’s BET index was up 0.53%, fueled by growth of major energy stocks.
OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) traded up 1.1%, Transgaz (TGN.RO) was gaining 1%, while Transelectrica was up 1.2%.
The bourse’s composite index BET-C was up 0.28%, and benchmark index BET-BK was rising 0.56%.
Despite the troika advances, energy sector index BET-NG was just 0.45% higher, as Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO) traded down 3.4%.
Investment fund tracker BET-FI was 0.47% higher, as Fondul Proprietatea traded up 0.46%, while the five regional investment funds (SIFs) were gaining between 0.4% and 1.1%.
The traded values were at just 1.6 million lei (EUR0.38 million) after the first 30 minutes of the session, with Proprietatea leading the early trading charts. (EUR1=RON4.3514)