The Bucharest market reacted to the international rally, led by financial stocks, and the BET index closed up 3.45% on the day, at 4,352.18.

The bourse’s composite index BET-C gained 2.88% on the day, to 2,671.84, while BET-FI, the index tracking the main investment funds, jumped 3.4% to 17,556.56.

Investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) rose 3.6% on the day, to 0.4455 lei (EUR0.103), while the the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, rose 3.2% on average.

Trades unfolded on the Bucharest bourse Tuesday amounted to RON49.98 million, with RON19.97 million coming from deal market trades. The Proprietatea fund was the top-traded issuer. Its stocks were involved in main market trades worth a total RON15.3 million.

SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) was the second-top traded issuer. Its shares rose 4.23% on the day, to RON0.9725, on a traded value of RON2.9 million.

Other popular stock included Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), which jumped 10.15%, and BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO), which rose 5.06% on the day. (EUR1=RON4.3112)