BUX Strengthened This Week on Rising Turnover

The stock index of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) rose this week, closing at 52,255.11 points on Friday, up 2.32% on the previous week's close, or 1,186.31 points.

Turnover on the stock market was HUF 51.151 billion, up from HUF 46.709 billion last week, with leading shares rising this week.

In its weekly summary, Equilor Investment Plc. pointed out that the BUX index was above 52,000 points several times again this week thanks to the positive international investor sentiment. In trading on Friday, the Hungarian stock market index closed above the 52,000-point level, although it did not set a record.

OTP Bank was the strongest performer this week, up 3.06%, closing at a new all-time high of 18,010 on Friday, with weekly turnover of HUF 27.9 billion.
Magyar Telekom rose by 0.69%, closing Friday's trading at HUF 438, with a weekly turnover of 712.5 million.
Mol shares rose by 0.92% this week, closing Friday at HUF 2,420, with a weekly turnover of over 9.6 billion.
Richter's share price fell by 2.08%, closing Friday at HUF 8,840, with a weekly turnover of nearly HUF 10.3 billion.

The BUMIX index of small and medium-sized shares ended the week at 4,271.59 points, up 192.06 points or 4.71% on the previous week.