February 15 (SeeNews) - Natural gas producer Romgaz [BSE:SNG] led the gainers among the blue-chips on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) on Thursday, bourse data showed.
The total equity turnover of the BVB rose to 64 million lei ($17 million/14 million euro) on Thursday from 24 million lei on Wednesday.
Romgaz rose 2.94% to 33.5 lei in the day’s largest turnover of 13.4 million lei. Romgaz said on Thursday its net profit surged 82.4% year-on-year to 1.868 billion lei in 2017 on the back of higher gas and electricity sales and lower expenses.
Lender Banca Transilvania [BSE:TLV] gained 1.09% to 2.3250 lei the day's second largest turnover of 13.18 million lei.
Power supplier and distributor Electrica [BSE:EL] fell 0.34% to 11.84 lei in the day's third largest turnover of 7.83 million lei. Electrica said on Thursday its consolidated net profit fell to 257 million lei in 2017 from 265 million lei in the previous year mainly due to higher prices at which it buys electricity.
Index |
Closing Value |
Daily Change |
BET |
8,258.97 |
1.12% |
BET-TR |
11,108.30 |
1.14% |
BET-FI |
41,595.55 |
0.42% |
BETPlus |
1,238.04 |
1.11% |
BET-NG |
700.15 |
1.08% |
BET-XT |
780.91 |
0.81% |
BET-XT-TR |
1,068.86 |
0.83% |
BET-BK |
1,742.93 |
0.38% |
ROTX |
16,964.82 |
1.15% |
BET Total Return index (BET-TR) is a free float weighted index of the 13 most traded companies listed on the regulated market and is adjusted to also reflect the dividends paid by constituent companies.
BET-BK is a free float weighted capitalization index of the most liquid 25 companies listed on the regulated market.
BET Plus is a free float market capitalization weighted index tracking 34 companies listed on BVB’s regulated market except the financial investment companies, that meet the minimum eligibility criteria, which refer to liquidity and the value of shares in free float.
BET-FI tracks the SIFs and property restitution fund Fondul Proprietatea.
BET-NG includes companies from the energy sector and utilities.
BET-XT is a blue chip index and reflects the price evolution of the most liquid 25 shares traded on the regulated market, including the SIFs.
BET-XT-TR reflects the price performance of the top 25 most traded Romanian companies, as well as their gross dividends and cash distributions.
ROTX tracks Romania's nine most liquid stocks. It is a joint index of the Bucharest bourse and the Vienna Stock Exchange.
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