Romgaz shares opened at RON35.85 per unit, 19.5% higher than the offering price, of RON30/unit, and closed at 34.5 per share, 15% higher than the offering price.

The company last month raised 1.7 billion lei (about EUR383 million) in an initial public offering of shares and GDRs in Bucharest and London.

The bourse’s liquidity amounted to 108.5 million lei (EUR24.3 million). Nuclearelectrica (SNN.RO) and Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) contributed RON4.7 million and RON4.1 million, respectively, through share transfers.

The Bucharest bourse’s BET index closed down 2.01 points, or 0.03%, at 6,175.55, and composite index BET-C fell 3.08 points, or 0.1%, to 3,237.1.

BET-FI decreased 104.68 points, or 0.37%, at 27,962.45, dragged down by Proprietatea, which fell 1.44%.

Both benchmark index BET-BK and energy stocks tracker BET-NG gained 0.13%. (EUR1=RON4.4545)