At 11:00 local time (GMT0800), the Bucharest market’s BET index was up 0.26% from Monday closing level, while composite index BET-C was up 0.19%.
Among the best-traded stocks, BRD (BRD.RO) was up 1.2% and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) was gaining 0.6%, while the shares of the Bucharest market operator (BVB.RO) traded up 1.4%. Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), Transgaz (TGN.RO) and Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) were all flat on the day.
BET-FI was down 0.3%, with SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) falling 1%, and SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) down 0.5%.
Bucharest extended blue-chip index BET-XT was up 0.12%, but benchmark index BET-BK traded down 0.17%. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was 0.11% higher.
The traded values were rather low, with share transfers amounting to 1.7 million lei (EUR0.4 million) after the first hour of trading, mostly due to trades with financial stocks. (EUR1=RON4.463)