BET was up 2.26% from Friday closing level, while the bourse’s composite index BET-C rose 1.94%.

Banca Transilvania rose 4.1%, Petrom gained 3.3%, and BRD was up 2.3%.

BET-FI, which tracks the main investment funds, increased 2.53%. SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) and SIF Trasilvania (SIF3.RO) both increased 2.8%, while SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) was up 4.3%. Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) added just 0.64%.

The Bucharest bourse’s benchmark index BET-BK closed 1.81% higher. The extended blue-chip index BET-XT ended up 2.55%.

The increase of Petrom pulled energy tracker BET-NG up 1.89%. Transelectrica (TEL.RO) was up 0.9% and Transgaz (TGN.RO) rose 1.6%.

The transferred volumes were lower Thursday than in the previous session, with the total traded value reaching RON20.53 million (EUR4.63 million), from RON55.5 million a session before. Share transactions amounted to RON19.36 million (EUR4.37 million). (EUR1=RON4.4296)