At around 10:35 local time (GMT0835), the Bucharest bourse’s composite index BET-C was up 0.5% from Wednesday’s closing level, while the BET index was rising 0.6%.
BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds, was up 1%, as the SIFs continued to outperform the general market. Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), on the other hand, was up a mere 0.2%.
The extended blue-chip index BET-XT was up 0.75%, while energy stocks tracker BET-NG, was up 0.6%.
The bourse’s overall traded value was 10.3 million lei (EUR2.4 million) at 10:35 hours, lifted by a deal worth RON3.6 million with SIF Transilvania stock.
On the main market, SIF Transilvania traded up 1%, SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) was up 1.4%, and Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO) was gaining 2.5%. (EUR1=RON4.3447)