BUX rises on OTP rally

The Budapest Stock Exchangeʼs main BUX index finished the session Tuesday up 0.89% at 22,036.05, climbing on an almost 4% advance by OTP Bank.
OTP Bank gained 3.81% to HUF 5,399 on Tuesday. Turnover of the share reached HUF 6.8 bln or 63% of the HUF 10.8 bln session total.
Oil and gas company MOL lost 0.75% to HUF 14,610 on turnover of HUF 1.3 bln.
Drugmaker Richter dropped 0.27% to HUF 4,423 on turnover of HUF 1.4 bln.
Magyar Telekom slipped 0.70% to HUF 427 on turnover of HUF 1.3 bln.
Elsewhere in the region, Warsawʼs WIG 20 lost 0.66% and the Prague PX was down.
Western Europeʼs biggest indices were also all in the red late Tuesday.
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