The Bucharest bourse’s main index BET was up 80.83 points, or 1.16%, at 7,066.94, while BET Plus closed up 11.01 points, or 1.06%, at 1,046.5.

BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the five regional investment funds SIFs, was up 0.72%, at 31,026.93. Proprietatea inched 0.1% higher, while SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) rose 2% and SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) gained 1.7%.

Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK finished the session up 1.14% on the day, while energy stocks tracker BET-NG climbed 1.68%.

The value of share transfers reached 22.9 million lei (EUR5.1 million), with the stock of Proprietatea and energy companies being again the most sought after by investors.