At around 10:36 am local time the Bucharest Stock Exchange’s composite index BET-C was rising 0.62%, while 10-share blue-chip index BET was up 0.59% on the day.

Oltchim was up 9% on the day, to RON1.99.

BET-FI, the index tracking Fondul Proprietatea and the five regional investment funds, or SIFs, was rising 1.12%.

Wider blue-chip tracker BET-XT was up 0.8%, while the index tracking energy companies, BET-NG, was gaining 0.53%.

Trades unfolded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange by 10:38 local time amounted to 6.72 million lei (EUR1.61 million).

Popular stock early-Tuesday included Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), Transgaz (TGN.RO), Oltchim, SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) and Oil Terminal (OIL.RO).