The Budapest Stock Exchange’s blue-chip BUX index opened Thursday trade down 0.13% at 16,708.

BSE blue-chips stood as follows at Thursday’s opening bell:

OTP Bank was down 0.79% at HUF 2,887;

Magyar Telekom was down 0.20% at HUF 499;

Oil and gas company MOL was up 0.35% at HUF 17,360;

Drug company Richter did not report at Thursday’s open.

On Wednesday, the BUX up 1.05% to 16,730.09 on a turnover of HUF 12.87bn.