MARKET MOVING NEWS
ECONOMY
-Romania had the highest annual inflation rate (5.5%) among European Union (EU) Member States, followed by Hungary (4.8%) and Croatia (4.5%) in December 2024, data from Eurostat, showed. European Union annual inflation was 2.7% in December 2024.
-Romania’s domestic production of primary energy totaled 15.477 million tons of oil equivalent (toe) in the January-November 2024 period, down by 4.7% on an annual basis, data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS) showed.
-Romania’s reported value of the volume index of GDP per capita, calculated on the basis of the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), stood at 78% in 2023, relative to the European Union (EU) average, followed by Poland and Hungary, with 77% relative to the EU average, INS said.
FINANCE
-State-owned CEC Bank, the third largest bank in Romania, has selected Swiss-based banking software specialist Temenos to modernize its retail and corporate core banking systems.
COMPANIES
-Four of the largest Romanian building companies namely Constructii Erbasu, Bog’ Art, Concelex and CON-A, have joined forces for the first time to participate in tenders for regional hospitals of Craiova, Iasi and Cluj-Napoca, investment projects worth around RON2 billion each, Ziarul Financiar reported.
TODAY’S MARKET DATA
EXCHANGE RATE OF THE NATIONAL LEU CURRENCY
EUR 4.9759 | GBP 5.8939 |
USD 4.8284 | CHF 5.2980 |
BGN 2.5441 | MDL 0.2573 |
(Source: National Bank of Romania BNR)
BUCHAREST STOCK EXCHANGE (BVB) INDICES
BET -0.51% BET-TR -0.51% BET-FI -0.10% BET-NG -0.12% BET-EF -0.43% BET-XT -0.47%, BET-BK -0.52% BET AeRO -0.73% ROTX -0.48% |
CAPITAL MARKET COMMENTARY
Bucharest stocks head into the weekend in the red bucking the trend across Europe. The benchmark BET index was off 0.51%. Transelectrica led bluechip decliners plunging 3.7%. |
BET Index Constituents
Company | Price | Change (%) |
---|---|---|
ANTIBIOTICE S.A. | 2,5800 | -0,39 |
AQUILA PART PROD COM | 1,1550 | -0,43 |
BANCA TRANSILVANIA S.A. | 27,1000 | -1,09 |
BRD – GROUPE SOCIETE GENERALE S.A. | 18,0000 | -1,21 |
C.N.T.E.E. TRANSELECTRICA | 40,3000 | -3,70 |
Digi Communications N.V. | 65,6000 | -1,80 |
FONDUL PROPRIETATEA | 0,3240 | -1,22 |
MedLife S.A. | 5,8600 | -0,68 |
OMV PETROM S.A. | 0,7265 | 0,28 |
ONE UNITED PROPERTIES | 0,4205 | -1,06 |
Premier Energy PLC | 19,7900 | 0,46 |
PURCARI WINERIES PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED | 14,5800 | 0,00 |
S.N. NUCLEARELECTRICA S.A. | 40,5500 | -0,25 |
S.N.G.N. ROMGAZ S.A. | 5,3500 | -0,74 |
S.N.T.G.N. TRANSGAZ S.A. | 24,4500 | -0,20 |
S.P.E.E.H. HIDROELECTRICA S.A. | 123,5000 | 0,00 |
SOCIETATEA ENERGETICA ELECTRICA S.A. | 13,7800 | 1,03 |
Sphera Franchise Group | 40,2000 | -0,99 |
TERAPLAST SA | 0,4395 | 0,00 |
TTS (TRANSPORT TRADE SERVICES) | 4,6000 | -2,13 |