The Budapest Stock Exchange blue chip BUX index was marginally higher at noon on Friday.

The BUX began afternoon trade slightly higher at 22,683.03 on a turnover of HUF 4.6 billion.

The four blue chips stood as follows at noon:

OTP Bank was up 1% at HUF 5,840 on a turnover of HUF 2.4 billion;

Drugmaker Richter fell 0.8% to HUF 35,800 on a turnover of HUF 284 million.

Oil and gas company MOL was down 0.4% at HUF 22,170 on a turnover of HUF 1.26 billion.

Magyar Telekom trimmed 0.2% trading at HUF 551 on a turnover of HUF 326 million.