At around 11:15 local time (GMT0915), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.3% from Monday’s closing level, while the general index BET-C was up 0.2%.
BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds, was gaining 1.3%, lifted by Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), which was up 1%, and regional investment fund SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO), up 3.8%, while the other four SIFs were also rising.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT was up 0.5%, but BET-NG, which tracks the energy stocks, was down 0.1%.
The bourse’s total traded value was 15.6 million lei (EUR3.6 million) by 11:19 hours, with Proprietatea and the SIFs dominating the trade by a large margin. OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) was the only non-financial issuer among the top ten by traded value, with its shares up 0.6%. (EUR1=RON4.3463)