At around 11:00 local time (GMT0700), energy stocks tracker BET-NG rose 1.46%. OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) was up 1.87%, Romgaz (SNG.RO) was gaining 0.52%, Transgaz (TGN.RO) rose 0.92%, while Transelectrica (TEL.RO) advanced 2.54%.
The Bucharest bourse’s BET index was up 0.74% on the day, while the BET Plus index gained 0.73% on the day.
BET-FI, which tracks investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, rose 0.28% on the day.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK advanced 0.78%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT was 0.71% higher on the day.
The bourse’s liquidity, which stood at 6.8 million lei (EUR1.5 million), was mostly fueled by transfers with the energy stocks. (EUR1=RON4.3845)