The bourse’s main index BET opened up 1.36%, but lost some of its thrust in early trading. At around 10:30, the index was up 0.98% from Wednesday’s closing.
The composite index BET-C was gaining 0.91%, while the energy tracker BET-NG advanced 0.85%.
BET-FI, the index tracking the SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea increased 0.81%, while the wider blue-chip tracker BET-XT was up 0.89%.
Overall trading was 3.5 million lei (EUR0.82 million), of which RON2.5 million came from deals with Fondul Proprietatea’s shares. The fund’s shares were up 1.27% at RON0.461.
Other popular stocks Thursday morning included regional investment funds SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO) and SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), as well as Romania’s largest oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO).