The Bucharest bourse’s BET index inched up 0.11% from Wednesday closing level, while general index BET-C closed a mere 0.06% lower.
The bourse’s overall traded value reached 31.97 million lei (EUR7.34 million), lower from RON167.78 million a day before, when the value was lifted by a special deal with 1% in Proprietatea. Today, deals with the shares of SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO), SIF Banat Crisana (SIF1.RO) and Transgaz (TGN.RO) accounted for almost half of the traded values.
BET-FI, which tracks Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds (SIFs), closed 0.6% higher. Proprietatea closed flat on the day, after trades worth a total RON6.52 million. Both SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) and SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) gained 1.4%, while SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) rose 0.6%.
Bucharest benchmark index BET-BK was up 0.27%, and extended blue-chip index BET-XT gained 0.34%.
On the other hand, energy stocks tracker BET-NG closed 0.4% lower, dragged down by Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO), which fell 1.22%. Transgaz (TGN.RO) and Transelectrica (TEL.RO) were both down 0.4%, while OMV Petrom closed 0.2% higher.
Bank stocks also inched higher, with both Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) and BRD (BRD.RO) gaining 0.2%. (EUR1=RON4.3524)