At around 10:47 local time (GMT0847), the stock exchange’s composite index BET-C and main index BET were up 0.9% and 0.4% respectively from Wednesday closing levels.

BET-FI, the index tracking the regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was soaring 2.4%.

Wider blue-chip tracker BET-XT was up 1.17% on the day, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was gaining 2.26%.

Trades unfolded on the stock exchange by 10:51 am (GMT0851) amounted to 6.6 million lei (EUR1.52 million).

Fondul Proprietatea and the SIFs dominated the ranking of mosdt traded issuers after the first hour of the session. (EUR1=RON4.3627)