Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Moldova increased 3% year-on-year, reaching $3.57 billionin the first nine months of 2016, the central bank, BNM, said on Tuesday.

Out of the total, equity investment amounted to $2.682 billion and inter-company lending recorded a net value of $892.29 million, the BNM said in a statement.

In 2015, FDI into Moldova increased 4%, reaching $3.46 billion, SEE NEWS writes.