At around 10:53 am local time, the Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C was up 0.32%, while 10-share blue-chip index BET was inching down 0.02%. Oltchim (OLT.RO) was rising 8.2%.
BET-FI, the index tracking the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, and investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), was up 0.12%.
The BET Extended index, or BET-XT, was up 0.08%, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was rising 0.21%.
Trades unfolded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange by 10:56 am amounted to 6.95 million lei (EUR1.66 million).
Top-traded stock early Wednesday included Fondul Proprietatea, Oltchim, Oil Terminal (OIL.RO), SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) and Rompetrol Well Services (PTR.RO).