At around 10:40 am, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was roughly flat on the day, while the main index BET inched up 0.1%.

The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was gaining 0.71%, while the wider BET-XT was up 0.26%.

Energy tracker BET-NG edged up 0.05% on the day.

Overall trading in Bucharest was RON1.2 million (EUR0.26 million), with RON0.48 million coming from deals with Fondul Proprietatea stock.

Other top-traded issuers Friday morning included regional investment funds SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) and SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO), Austrian Erste Group Bank AG (EBS.RO) and brewer Bermas Suceava (BRM.RO). (EUR1=RON4.4595)