At around 10:30 local time (GMT0830), the stock exchange’s composite index BET-C and main index BET were gaining 0.22% and .7% on the day respectively.

BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, was up 0.1% on the day.

Wider blue-chip tracker BET-XT was up 0.16%, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was up 0.14%.

Trades unfolded on the stock exchange by 10:32 local time amounted to 2.39 million lei (EUR549,554).

Popular stock early Thursday included SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO), BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO) and Oltchim (OLT.RO). (EUR1=RON4.3497)