At around 10:40 am, the bourse’s composite index BET-C was gaining 0.18% on the day, while the main index BET was up 0.27%.
Benchmark index BET-BK was roughly flat on the day, while the BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), increased 0.1%.
Energy tracker BET-NG was down a mere 0.04%, but the wider BET-XT was gaining 0.2%.
Overall trading in Bucharest was 1.11 million lei (EUR0.25 million).
Romanian lender Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) was top-traded issuer Monday morning, with total deals worth RON0.29 million, followed by leading oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO).
Banca Transilvania’s shares were trading down 0.14% to RON1.418, while Petrom was losing 0.27% at RON0.4487 a share. Transelectrica’s shares were up 0.8% at RON13.83. (EUR1=RON4.4511)