BUX ends session higher

The Budapest Stock Exchangeʼs main BUX index finished the session up 0.25% at 26,491.02 on Wednesday as major European share indices showed losses.
The index spent most of the session in negative territory apart from a short period in early trade and the final few minutes.
OTP Bank gained 0.14% to HUF 6,328 on turnover of HUF 4.9 bln from a HUF 8.9 bln session total.
Oil and gas company MOL edged up 0.03% to HUF 16,700 on turnover of HUF 1.3 bln.
Drugmaker Richter rose 1.08% to HUF 5,790 on turnover of HUF 2.3 bln.
Magyar Telekom lost 0.92% to HUF 433 on turnover of HUF 0.4 bln.
The bourseʼs mid-cap BUMIX index rose 0.15% to 1,672.54.
Elsewhere in the region, Warsawʼs WIG 20 fell 1.52%.
Western Europeʼs biggest indices were down before the end of trade on Wednesday. Londonʼs FTSE lost 1.12%, Frankfurtʼs DAX fell 1.94% and the CAC 40 in Paris dropped 1.96%.
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