The European Central bank announced Thursday a set of measures, applied in sync with the other large central banks, easing the access of euro zone banks to funding in US dollars.
At around 10:36 local time (GMT0736), the Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C was gaining 1.3%, while the main index BET was up 1.45%.
However, major investment fund tracker BET-FI was down 0.32% on the day.
The BET Extended index, or BET-XT, was up 1.05%, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was up 1.71%.
Trades unfolded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange by 10:39 amounted to 1.38 million lei (EUR321,000).
Popular stock early Friday included SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO), SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), BVB (BVB.RO) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO). (EUR1=RON4.294)