MARKET MOVING NEWS
ECONOMY
-Romania real estate investments stood at EUR750 million in 2024, up 58% from 2023, but a little below the past decade’s annual average of EUR800 million, according to an annual report by Colliers.
-Romania’s industrial production prices for the total (domestic market and non-domestic market) was down 0.9% in December 2024 compared to November 2024, and 0.7% lower compared to December 2023, data from National Institute of Statistics (INS) showed.
-New registrations of road vehicles for passenger transport grew by 13.5% in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the fourth quarter of 2023, INS said.
FINANCE
-Romania’s Ministry of Finance tapped international markets on Monday (Feb. 3) for the first time this year, with euro and dollar-denominated bond issues.
-Romania’s Finance Ministry raised RON1.4 billion from banks on Monday (Feb 3), selling government bonds in two auctions, at annual average yields of 6.47% and 7.54%, respectively.
-BoldMind Capital Partners has announced the launch of a regional investment fund BoldMind Fund I, with €60 million in capital to be invested in private companies of Romania, Bulgaria, and Croatia.
– Stanleybet Capital, the holding company overseeing one of the main sports betting and gambling operators in Romania – Game World Group – has announced it extends its bond issue on low investor interest.
COMPANIES
-OMV Petrom, Romania’s sole oil and gas producer and the largest company by turnover, ended 2024 with RON 4.2bn net income vs. RON 4bn in FY2023. has announced its proposal for dividends from 2024 net profit: RON0.0444 per share, which at current trading prices of RON0.728 means a 6% return
The company expects 2025 to be a difficult and volatile year, with fiscal and regulatory challenges.
TODAY’S MARKET DATA
EXCHANGE RATE OF THE NATIONAL LEU CURRENCY
EUR 4.9769 | GBP 5.9829 |
USD 4.8170 | CHF 5.3005 |
BGN 2.5446 | MDL 0.2565 |
(Source: National Bank of Romania BNR)
BUCHAREST STOCK EXCHANGE (BVB) INDICES
BET 0.00% BET-TR 0.00% BET-FI -1.01% BET-NG 0.11% BET-EF 0.11% BET-XT -0.13%, BET-BK 0.00% BET AeRO 0.21% ROTX -0.02% |
CAPITAL MARKET COMMENTARY
Bucharest stocks turned in a mixed performance on Tuesday as the session’s trading turnover soared 90.3% to RON59.77 million. Blue-chip lender Banca Transilvania’s shares generated the session’s largest trading turnover (RON20.28 million), BVB data showed. |
BET Index Constituents
Company | Price | Change (%) |
---|---|---|
ANTIBIOTICE S.A. | 2.3600 | -2.48 |
AQUILA PART PROD COM | 1.1700 | -0.43 |
BANCA TRANSILVANIA S.A. | 27.3500 | -0.18 |
BRD – GROUPE SOCIETE GENERALE S.A. | 18.2200 | 0.55 |
C.N.T.E.E. TRANSELECTRICA | 41.4000 | 0.12 |
Digi Communications N.V. | 64.2000 | -0.62 |
FONDUL PROPRIETATEA | 0.3470 | 2.00 |
MedLife S.A. | 5.7600 | -1.20 |
OMV PETROM S.A. | 0.7280 | 0.00 |
ONE UNITED PROPERTIES | 0.4240 | 3.54 |
Premier Energy PLC | 19.3000 | 1.05 |
PURCARI WINERIES PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED | 14.3600 | 0.28 |
S.N. NUCLEARELECTRICA S.A. | 40.7500 | -0.12 |
S.N.G.N. ROMGAZ S.A. | 5.3900 | -0.19 |
S.N.T.G.N. TRANSGAZ S.A. | 23.9500 | 0.00 |
S.P.E.E.H. HIDROELECTRICA S.A. | 122.7000 | 0.49 |
SOCIETATEA ENERGETICA ELECTRICA S.A. | 14.1200 | -0.14 |
Sphera Franchise Group | 39.7000 | 0.00 |
TERAPLAST SA | 0.4200 | -0.24 |
TTS (TRANSPORT TRADE SERVICES) | 5.0600 | -0.78 |