At about 10:40 local time (GMT0840), the Bucharest market’s BET index was up 0.5% from Wednesday closing level, supported mainly by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) (0.23%), BRD (BRD.RO) (1.72%) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) (0.76%).
Lender Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), which reported net profit of 240.2 million lei (EUR54.4 million) for the first nine months, down 9.5% on the year, was trading down 0.21%.
The bourse’s composite index BET-C was adding 0.5% and BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), was 0.27% higher.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was climbing 0.18% and energy stocks tracker BET-NG was up a mere 0.13%.
The bourse’s traded value reached RON2.1 million (EUR0.47 million) at 10.40, with RON0.28 secured by Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), which was climbing 0.65%. (EUR1=RON4.4304)