Investments in Romanian economy rise 17.9% in Jan-Sept

In the third quarter alone, investments increased by an annual 16% to 20.3 billion lei, the statistics office, INS, said in a statement.

Investments in industry accounted for 39.4% of the total in the first nine months of 2012, followed by investments in trade and services with a 30.3% share. The construction sector attracted 24.4% of the total investments.

Investments in Romania's economy in the first nine months (breakdown by sector):

(1 euro = 4.5397 Romanian lei)