The economy expanded at an annualized pace of 3.5% in 2013, well above a 2.8% growth forecast by the authorities and economists alike, a flash estimate of the country’s statistics institute showed Friday.
At around 10:45 local time (GMT0845), the Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.37%, while composite index BET-C was up 0.42%.
BET-FI, which tracks the five regional investment funds (SIFs) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was down 0.44%.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was up 0.13%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.19% higher. Energy stocks tracker BET-NG was up 0.59%.
The traded values reached 2.95 million lei (EUR0.658 million), mainly supported by transfers with the shares of Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and Transelectrica (TEL.RO). (EUR1=RON4.4926)