After a volatile morning of trade, albeit on low turnover, the Budapest Stock Exchange’s main BUX index was down 0.3% at 18,269 around noon on Wednesday.

OTP Bank was down 2% at HUF 4,215, oil and gas group MOL was up 0.3% at HUF 16,900, drugmaker Richter climbed 1.5% to HUF 34,500 and Magyar Telekom slipped 0.8% to HUF 500.