The BUX Rose amid Rising Trading Volume This Week

The Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) stock index rose amid increasing trading volume during the four-day trading week; on Friday, the BUX closed at 132,888.20 points, which is 7.17% or 8,891.79 points higher than the previous week’s closing value.

Weekly trading volume was HUF 174.33 billion, up from HUF 123.81 billion the previous week, with all leading stocks gaining ground.

In a summary sent to MTI regarding the week’s events, Equilor Investment Ltd. noted: Magyar Telekom’s general meeting approved the dividend proposal of 154 forints per share; the stock will last trade with a dividend coupon on May 8, and payments will begin on May 20.

Waberer’s general meeting approved a dividend payment of 35 euro cents (HUF 140) per share, representing a dividend yield of 2.9%. The record date for the dividend payment is June 26, 2026, and the payment date is July 3, 2026.

DH Group published its first-quarter results this week; the real estate brokerage company achieved near-record results in both segments. Financial intermediation expanded due to the favorable interest rate environment and the Otthon Start program, while the volume of real estate services grew thanks to the acquisition of the Spanish company Donpiso. The volume of brokered loans amounted to HUF 372.8 billion in the seasonally weak first quarter, remaining close to the previous quarter’s peak.

The volume of brokered loans amounted to 372.8 billion forints in the seasonally weak first quarter, remaining close to the previous quarter’s peak. In the real estate services segment, network commission income remained near a historic high of HUF 5.2 billion, with a 14.7% year-on-year increase.

Equilor also highlighted the following among the week’s events: Hungary may purchase USD 500 million worth of oil from the United States, with Mol planning to buy a total of half a million tons of U.S. crude oil.

At the Mol Group’s annual general meeting, shareholders approved a dividend payment of HUF 241 billion. The dividend amount is 9.1% higher than last year’s; this represents a base dividend of approximately HUF 180 per share and an extraordinary dividend of about HUF 120, bringing the total dividend per share to approximately HUF 300.

Among the leading stocks this week, OTP performed the best, with its share price rising 12.17% to close at HUF 41,290 on Friday, with weekly trading volume of HUF 132.03 billion.

Magyar Telekom gained 9.05% this week, closing at HUF 2,338 on Friday, with weekly trading volume exceeding HUF 8.9 billion.

Richter’s share price rose by 5.35%, with the stock closing at HUF 12,800 on Friday and weekly trading volume exceeding HUF 15.39 billion.

Mol’s share price rose by 2.79%, closing at HUF 4,056, with weekly turnover of HUF 9.34 billion.

The BUMIX, the index of small- and mid-cap stocks, rose 0.49% this week, gaining 43.27 points to close at 8,930.94.