At 10:30 local time (GMT0830), the Bucharest stock market’s BET index was up 1.08%, while composite index BET-C was 1.02% higher.
BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO) traded up 2.7%, while Transgaz (TGN.RO) gained 1.3% and Transelectrica was 1.5% higher. Fondul Proprietatea rose 0.8%.
The bourse’s overall turnover was higher than in recent sessions, reaching 6.1 million lei (EUR1.4 million) after 30 minutes of trading.
BET-FI, which tracks Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), was up 0.38%. SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) and SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) were both up 0.6%, but SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) traded down 0.1%.
Benchmark index BET-BK was up 0.89%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was gaining 0.86%.
Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was up 0.86%, lifted by Transgaz and Transelectrica. OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) traded 0.8% higher. (EUR1=RON4.3745)