The Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C rose 0.33%, to 3,320.98, while 10-share blue-chip index BET gained 0.37% to 5,471.62.
The heaviest issuers in both indexes closed flat or with moderate increase, compensating for the 2.08% decline, to 36.72 lei (EUR8.71) seen by the shares of bourse operator BVB (BVB.RO).
BET-FI, the index tracking the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, and investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), rose 1.97% on the day, to 22,715.86, as the SIFs gained more than 1.8% on average and the Proprietatea fund rose 2.18% to RON0.5395.
The BET Extended index, or BET-XT, which tracks the top 25 blue-chips, closed up 0.73%, to 507.03, helped by the positive evolutions of the SIFs.
BET-NG, the index tracking energy companies, closed in the red, falling 0.92% on the day, to 776.09. Its end-session results were mainly influenced by the 3.58% decline, to RON0.0673, posted by Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO), and the 3.8% decline, to RON0.3642, posted by Rompetrol Well Services (PTR.RO).
Trades unfolded Wednesday on the Bucharest Stock Exchange amounted to RON39.28 million, with RON19.34 million coming from trades in the Proprietatea fund and a total ORN4.25 million coming from three deal market trades in SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO), SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) and Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO).
Proprietatea stock closed at RON0.5395, up 2.18% on the day.
Today’s second-top traded issuer was oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), whose shares closed flat at RON0.381, on a traded value of RON4.42 million.
Oltchim (OLT.RO) shares rose 1.37% to RON1.85, while Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) stock inched up 0.5% to RON1.201.
Other popular stock Wednesday included BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO), which closed flat at RON14 and Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), which grew 4.29% to RON146.