At around 10:40 a.m., the bourse’s composite index BET-C was gaining 0.29%% from Wednesday close and the main index BET was 0.31% higher, mainly lifted by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), which added 0.92% and offset the 0.07% and 0,28% decreases registered by Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), respectively.
Benchmark index BET-BK rose 0.46%, and the BET-FI index, which tracks the five regional investment funds SIFs and Proprietatea, added a mere 0.16%, with only three issuers present at trading. SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) and SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) were 0.39% and 0.16% higher, respectively.
Petrom and Transelectrica (TEL.RO) (+2.26%) pushed BET-NG in the green. The energy tracker was gaining 1.05%.
Wider BET-XT was 0.27% higher.
Overall trading in Bucharest was low, amounting to only RON0.84 million (EUR0.19 million) at 10:40. The bourse’s top-traded issuer was Proprietatea, with share transfers worth only RON0.08 million. (EUR1=RON4.435)