BUX third-best performing shares index globally in H1

Budapest, July 2 (MTI) – The Budapest Stock Exchange’s main BUX index gained almost 32 percent in the first half of this year, making it the third-best performing gauge of share price in the world, business daily Vilaggazdasag said on Thursday.

Only stock exchanges in Venezuela and Argentina outperformed the BUX, the paper said.

Among the Budapest bourse’s four blue chips, OTP Bank gained almost 50 percent during the period, while oil and gas company MOL climbed 25 percent and Richter rose 20 percent.

Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters