At around 11:00 local time, the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was down 0.05% on the day, while composite index BET-C opened 0.1% higher.

BET-FI, which tracks investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, gained 0.50% on the day, with Proprietatea rising 0.38% at RON0.794 a share.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK advanced 0.09%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.05% higher on the day. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 0.08%. (EUR1=RON4.4328)