The state gained slightly over 47,000 lei from the sale of its shares in SA Inlac based in Cupcini, Edinet (1.49% of shares at the price of 70 lei a share) and 9,000 lei from the sale of its holding in SA Carmez (0.023% of the shares at the price of 18 lei apiece). These were the only state-owned shareholdings sold in the actuations held at the Moldova Stock Exchange on May 19-22, IPN reports.

There were exhibited state-owned shares in 24 joint stock companies. In 11 of these the state has controlling interest. In an outcry auction, the shares were proposed as undividable holdings.

These were the first auctions to sell public property held this year. A sum of 230 million lei was projected to be collected into the 2015 state budget from the sale of public property. This money is usually used to cover the budget deficit.