The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) opened Monday's trading session down on all indices, with turnover totaling 47.81 million RON (9.6 million EUR), after 35 minutes of trading.The main index BET, which shows the evolution of the 20 most liquid companies, registered a depreciation of 3.97%, while the BET-Plus index, which shows the evolution of the 43 most liquid shares of the BVB, registered a decrease of 4.10%.At the same time, the extended blue-chip index BET-XT of the top-liquid 25 issuers lost 4.12%, while the return benchmark index for stock investment funds BET-BK went down by 4.55%.The BET-FI index of the five financial investment companies opened down 3.67%, while the BET-NG index of 10 companies in the energy and utilities sector fell 3.45%.According to BVB data, COMCM (+8.15%) and Artego (+7.88%) recorded the highest increases in share value.On the other hand, the shares of Altur (-9.09%), Medlife (-8.44%) and Carbochim (-8.10%) were down. “We have to be concerned (due to the turbulence in the global markets – n.ed.), but not panic. For Romania, the bad part of such episodes of turbulence in the financial markets is that we are quite exposed, especially in light of the relatively high dependence on capital inflows to finance the budget deficit. A possible flight of capital to safer markets could leave us exposed in the short term,” Valentin Tataru, chief economist of ING Bank, told HotNews.ro. The Board of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) is scheduled to convene in a monetary policy meeting on August 7.
Druid AI today announced it has secured USD 31 million in Series C financing to advance the global expansion of its enterprise-ready agentic AI platform under the leadership of its new CEO, Joseph Kim. The investment was led by Cipio Partners, with participation from TQ Ventures, Karma Ventures, Smedvig, and Hoxton Ventures. Kim has more […]
Drivers in Bucharest lose, on average, 12 working days annually due to congestion, according to Traffic Index 2025, an analysis carried out by the Institute for Visionary Cities. The index compares how much circulation slows down on working days compared to a free-flow regime, for the 41 county seat municipalities and Bucharest. According to the analysis, […]
Romania’s Senate and Chamber of Deputies held a moment of silence on Monday, September 15, for American conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot dead at a university event on September 10. The marking of Kirk’s death came at the initiative of the far-right party Alliance for the Union of Romanians, or AUR. Both Kirk […]
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The official trailer for The Yellow Tie/Cravata Galbenă, a major international production about the life of renowned Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache, has been released, with the film set to hit cinemas nationwide on November 14. The cast includes John Malkovich and Miranda Richardson, both double Academy Award nominees, along with Ben Schnetzer, Kate Phillips, Sean […]
The presidential elections held in November 2024 in Romania were influenced by a large-scale hybrid war orchestrated by Russia before they were cancelled, according to general prosecutor Alex Florența. Romania’s presidential election was annulled last December after declassified reports alleged Russian involvement in cyber activities aimed at undermining the integrity...
