The Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) stock index, the BUX, ended the week at 121,754.84 points, down 0.11% from last Friday’s close.
Total trading volume fell from HUF 219.938 billion to HUF 159.641 billion on a weekly basis, with leading stocks posting mixed results.
The BUX fluctuated sharply. In its weekly summary sent to MTI, Equilor Investment Ltd. highlighted that price movements continued to be significantly influenced by events in the Middle East. Due to the unfavorable international sentiment, the stock market index closed Monday with a decline of over 1%, but rose 3.43% on Tuesday after investors interpreted the U.S. president’s statement as signaling a swift end to the war in Iran. Nevertheless, another significant decline followed on Wednesday, followed by more moderate declines on Thursday and Friday. Market fears eased somewhat by the end of the week, with investor sentiment shifting from concern to caution.
Among the leading stocks, Mol performed the best this week thanks to the rise in global oil prices. The company’s share price rose by 4.51% compared to last Friday, reaching 3,846 forints, with weekly trading volume approaching 20 billion forints.
Richter rose 3.39%, closing at HUF 11,880, with a total trading volume of HUF 11.6 billion.
OTP fell 2.71% over the week, closing on Friday at HUF 35,510 with a trading volume of nearly HUF 116 billion.
Magyar Telekom fell 3.98%, ending the week at HUF 2,050, with total trading volume exceeding HUF 7.2 billion.
The BUMIX index of small- and mid-cap stocks lost 0.37%, closing at 9,469.77 points on Friday.
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