The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) stocks opened higher on Wednesday on trades of RON 6.04 million (EUR 1.18 million) 40 minutes into the trading session.

The main BET index reflecting the developments in the 20 most liquid stocks rose by 0.27%, and the BET-Plus index reflecting the developments in the 43 most liquid BVB stocks advanced 0.25%.

The extended blue-chip BET-XT index of the 25 most liquid stocks was up 0.30%, and the BET-BK index, the Bucharest exchange trading benchmark index, was up 0.34%.

The BET-FI index of financial brokerage stocks increased by 0.50%, while BET-NG, the index of 10 energy and utilities stocks, increased by 0.32%.

The top three risers were Armatura (+14.58%), Altur (+4.44%) and Impact Developer & Contractor (+2.50%).

On the other hand, the top three fallers were Roca Industry Holdingrock1 (-5.39%), Compa (-3.16%) and Lion Capital (-2.92%) AGERPRES