At around 10:40, the market’s main index BET was up 0.61%, while the BET-FI index, which tracks the regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was advancing 1.34%.
The wider BET-XT index was gaining 0.86%, while the energy tracker BET-BG inched up 0.24%.
Overall trading in Bucharest was RON2.5 million (EUR0.57 million), with RON0.78 million coming from deals with Fondul Proprietatea stock. The fund’s shares were gaining 0.45% at RON0.425.
Romania’s leading oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) traded up 1.38% at RON0.294 a share, while SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) advanced 2.12% to RON0.53 a share.
Home appliance maker Electroarges was losing 12.89% to RON0.29 a share.