At around 10:20, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was up 0.9%, while the main index BET was gaining 0.84%.
The BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), advanced 0.97%, while the wider BET-XT index rose 0.8%.
Energy tracker BET-BG inched up 0.27%.
Overall trading in Bucharest was RON6 million (EUR1.4 million), double on the day, with RON2.13 million coming from deals with Fondul Proprietatea. The fund’s shares were up 1.06% at RON0.25.
The shares of Austria’s Erste Group Bank AG (EBS.RO) advanced 7.4% to RON85.6, while the five SIFs were gaining up to 1.72% on the day.