The Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C rose 0.96% on the day, to 3,310.01, while 10-share blue-chip tracker BET increased 0.77%, to 5,451.72.
BET-C was boosted by the near 15% increases posted by Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO), PetrolExportImport (PEI.RO) and Oltchim (OLT.RO), while the BET index was mainly boosted by the 1.93% increase of Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and the 2.05% increase of lender Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO).
BET-FI, the index tracking the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, and the Proprietatea fund, grew 0.41% on the day, to 22,277.98 as the growth of its three heaviest issuers covered the decline posted by the other three.
Wider blue-chip index BET-XT rose 0.64% to 503.36.
The index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, closed at 783.29, up 0.94% on the day, undaunted by the 1.57% decline of state-owned Transgaz (TGN.RO), its second heaviest issuer.
Trades unfolded Tuesday on the Bucharest Stock Exchange amounted to 48.61 million lei (EUR11.54 million), with RON27.51 million coming from trades in the Proprietatea fund and RON1.64 million coming from one deal market trade in lender BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO).
Proprietatea stock closed at RON0.528, while BRD shares closed flat at RON14.
OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), today’s second-top traded issuer, dipped 0.03% to RON0.381, on a traded value of RON2.76 million.
Other popular stock Tuesday included BVB (BVB.RO), which rose 1.35% to RON37.5 and SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), which fell 0.98% to RON0.505. (EUR1=RON4.2115)