The BUX finished the session down 0.23% at 23,900.68 after spending most of the day in the green.

OTP Bank lost 0.37% to HUF 5,875. Turnover of the share was HUF 3.0 bln of a combined session total of HUF 10.1 bln.

Drugmaker Richter rose 1.76% to HUF 5,840, though also paring gains at the end of the session. Turnover of the share reached HUF 4.8 bln.

Oil and gas company MOL dropped 2.51% to HUF 13,600 on turnover of HUF 1.6 bln.

Magyar Telekom was flat at HUF 405 and turnover of HUF 482m.

Elsewhere in the region, Warsawʼs WIG 20 lost 1.24% and the Prague PX dropped 0.58%.

Western Europeʼs biggest indices also slipped late in the day: Londonʼs FTSE was down 0.61%, Frankfurtʼs DAX dropped 0.07% and the CAC 40 in Paris fell 0.27%.