SIF shares on BSE grow 1.22% at closing bell, on the highest liquidity on the market

SIF shares gained an average 1.22 percent on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE) at day-end, although the rest of the market stood still, as these were intensely speculated by the investors pending discussions in the Parliament on raising the 1 percent ownership threshold. Deals totaled 20.2 million lei, of which 70 percent were transactions with SIF shares.

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‘Fighter’ versus diplomat in Romanian presidential race

Incumbent President Traian Basescu, who describes himself as a “fighter”, and Social-Democrat diplomat Mircea Geoana are the main contenders in the presidential race in Romania tomorrow. The two men, both in their fifties and former members of the Communist regime, were keen to underline their opposite personalities in the campaign ahead of the vote, the first one since Romania joined the European Union in 2007.

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Germans at Xella complete 32m-euro AAC plant and put off expansion

Xella Ro, the Romanian subsidiary of German group Xella, with 1.4 billion euros in annual turnover, has recently completed an AAC (Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) plant in Paulesti, Prahova county, following a 32 million-euro investment, and says it has no further expansion plans on the Romanian market, either through acquisitions or through greenfield projects, although last year the company had plans to build another plant near Cluj.

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Geoana, Basescu, Antonescu and Hunor likely to face off in election debate

A debate between the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party + Conservative Party (PSD+PC) Alliance Mircea Geoana and President Traian Basescu, the endorsee of the Democratic-Liberal Party (PD-L), could be held on Wednesday at 18 :00hrs local at the Bucharest School of Economics (ASE), spokesman for the PSD+PC Alliance campaign Victor Ponta.

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