AmCham Romania has launched a joint appeal signed by eight organizations representing the Romanian business environment to signal the deterioration of the business climate and the need for confidence and predictability that the economy needs to continue to grow. It is reproduced below, AmCham said in a press statement on Wednesday (May 14).
The Bucharest City Hall is listing a new bond issue (stock symbol: PMB31), worth a total of RON555.1 million, on the Regulated Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB).
Romania's current account deficit stood at EUR7.6 billion in January-March 2025, compared to the EUR4.2 billion level reported in the same period of 2024, central bank data showed on Wednesday (May 14, 2025).
Romania's industrial production decreased by 4.2% in the first quarter of 2025 in unadjusted data compared to the same period of 2024 due to drops in manufacturing (-4.7%), the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (-1.9%) and mining and quarrying (-1.5%), data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Wednesday (May 13).
SIPEX Company (stock symbol: SPX), one of the largest distributors of building materials and finishes in Romania, reported a turnover of RON66.5 million for the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, down 4% against the same period of 2024, as per the company's financial report for Q1/2025.
Alternative investment fund Transilvania Investments Alliance in the first three months of 2025 generated RON38.9 million net profit, up 133% from Q1/2024.
The Bucharest Stock Exchange, the operator of the local capital market and a majority stakeholder in the Central Counterparty (CCP) and the Central Depository, in the first quarter of 2025 posted a RON1.19 million loss at group level from the RON2.96 net result reported in Q1/2024.
Romania’s national grid company Transelectrica in the first quarter of 2025 registered RON158 million net profit, up 52%, and RON1.4 billion revenues, down 29%.
Pharma producer Antibiotice Iasi in the first quarter of this year generated total revenues of RON180 million, down 6%, and net profit of RON32.6 million, 13% lower than the year-earlier level.
Hidroelectrica, Romania’s largest green energy producer, in the first quarter of this year registered RON589 million net profit, 56% lower than in the same period last year amid declining energy production, while revenues dropped by 26% to RON1.9 billion.
Focsani-based packaging maker Electric, owned by Buzaianu family, for 2024 reported turnover worth RON90.9 million (EUR18.3 million), up almost 43.3% from 2023, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Despite remaining flat in April 2025 against the previous month, prices of old 3-room Bucharest apartments have surged in the past year. In line with the ZF real estate index compiled together with consulting company SVN Romania, the average price reached EUR121,153 in April, up almost 14% from the same month of 2024.