Oltchim traded 6.7% higher, while Erste was gaining 3.2%.
At around 10:46 local time (GMT0846), the stock exchange’s composite index BET-C and main index BET were each up 0.5% from Tuesday’s closing values.
BET-FI, the index tracking the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was rising 1.2% on the day. Proprietatea was up 1.4%, while SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) was gaining 2.4%.
The BET Extended index, or BET-XT, was gaining 0.7% on the day, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was roughly flat.
Trades unfolded on the stock exchange by 10:51 amounted to 6.12 million lei (EUR1.4 million). (EUR1=RON4.348)