At about 11:00 local time (GMT0900), the bourse’s main index BET was up 35.71 points, or 0.58%, at 6,171.24, supported particularly by its weightiest issuers: Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) (0.13%), Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) (0.64%), OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) (0.76%) and BRD (BRD.RO) (0.67%).

Composite index BET-C was 17.85 points, or 0.09%, higher.

BET-FI closed up 0.44%, helped by five issuers, which gained between 0.14% and 0.63%.

Fondul Proprietatea was top-traded issuer on the main market and contributed some RON2.5 million (EUR0.56 million) to the bourse’s liquidity, which amounted to only RON4.46 million (EUR1 million).

BET-XT was rising 0.54% and Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was adding 0.27%.

Energy stocks index BET-NG was 0.57% higher. Transgaz (TGN.RO) was climbing 0.37% and Transelectrica (TEL.RO) was up 1.51%.

At around 11:00, Romgaz (SNG.RO) was trading up 0.58%, at RON34.6 a share. (EUR1=RON4.4462)