BUX falls more than 6% on worries over Chinese economy
The Budapest Stock Exchangeʼs main BUX index plunged 6.07% to 20,778.29 on Monday, falling with indices around the world on concerns over the health of Chinaʼs economy.
OTP Bank slid 6.73% to HUF 5,256. Turnover of the share came to HUF 11.9 bln or a little more than half of the HUF 22.8 bln session total.
Oil and gas company MOL dipped 6.86% to HUF 13,500 on turnover of HUF 5.8 bln.
Drugmaker Richter was down 5.63% at HUF 4,110 on turnover of HUF 3.7 bln.
Magyar Telekom fell 3.78% to HUF 382 on turnover of HUF 1.2 bln.
Elsewhere in the region, Warsawʼs WIG 20 dropped 5.66% and the Prague PX lost 4.61%.
Western Europeʼs biggest indices were all down more than 4% late Monday.
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