At 11:00 local time (GMT0900), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.26% from Monday closing level, while composite index BET-C was gaining 0.23%.
BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), was up a mere 0.12%. SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) was losing 0.4%, but SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) was up 1.5%. Proprietatea was flat on the day.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was up 0.17%, while BET-XT was 0.23% higher. Energy sector index BET-NG gained 0.21%, lifted by OMV Petrom’s (SNP.RO) 0.8% increase.
After one hour of trading, the share transfers reached about 1.66 million lei (EUR0.4 million), with Fondul Proprietatea covering almost half of the amount. (EUR1=RON4.5114)