The cumulated stake of Romanian investors increased slightly to 32.54%, from 32.43% at the end of May.

The figures refer to both private and corporate investors and do not include a 2.77% stake bought back by the fund.

Romanian Finance Ministry’s stake was 2.67% in June.

The fund reported a total number of shareholders of 8,228 at the end of June, up from 8,223 in the previous month.

Fondul Proprietatea was set up in 2005 to compensate Romanians whose properties were seized during communism.

In Bucharest Tuesday, Proprietatea closed up 1.51%, at 0.6375 lei (EUR0.14) a share. (EUR1=RON4.4416)