At around 10:51 local time (GMT0851) the stock exchange’s composite index BET-C and main index BET were gaining 0.55% and 0.58% on the day respectively.

BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, was falling 0.41%.

Wider blue-chip tracker BET-XT was up 0.22%, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was rising 0.44% on the day.

Trades unfolded on the stock exchange by 10:53 amounted to 2.77 million lei (EUR638,382).

Popular stocks early Friday included Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) and SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO). (EUR1=RON4.347)