At around 10:45 local time (GMT0845) the stock exchange’s composite index BET-C and main index BET were gaining 0.1% and 0.22% on the day.

BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, was up 0.29% on the day.

Wider blue-chip tracker BET-XT was up 0.18%, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was down 0.36%.

Trades unfolded on the stock exchange by 10:52 local time amounted to 3.34 million lei (EUR768,199).

Popular stocks early Monday included Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds, or SIFs. (EUR1=RON4.3473)