November 13 (SeeNews) - Investments in fixed assets in Moldova in the first nine months of 2007 rose by 28.7% on the year, to 7.5 billion lei ($665 million/455 million euro), the country's statistics bureau said on Tuesday.
Some 68% of the total investments were made by the private companies, the bureau said in a statement.
It added that foreign investments had a 16.7% share of the total.
Investments in construction works were up by 29.3% on the year to 4.43 billion lei in the first nine months this year, the bureau said. The number of apartments built in the first nine months of the year grew by 7.4 % to 3,090.
The government has forecast a 10% rise in investments in fixed assets in the current year.
(1 euro= 16.476 Moldovan lei)