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The Hungarian stock market closed in the red

Today, the BUX index ended the day down 0.2 percent compared to its last closing value. The BUX index is currently above its 200-day moving average, so we can talk about a long-term upward trend, but the index fell below its 20- and 50-day moving averages, which indicates a short- and medium-term trend.

Evolution of the value of BUX

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The mood was not good on the Hungarian stock market, among the blue chips, OTP and Richter fell, while only Magyar Telekom rose.

Today’s exchange rate change for domestic blue chips

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The mood was good for Hungarian midcap stocks, BIF and Graphisoft Park led the way with increases of 7.6 and 3.8 percent respectively, Alteo was at the bottom of the list with a 2.1 percent increase.

Today’s exchange rate change of domestic midcaps

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The largest turnover today was in OTP’s papers, HUF 2.0 billion worth of company shares changed hands, but the Top 5 also included the shares of Richter, Mol, Magyar Telekom and Opus.

The five most traded stocks on the Budapest Stock Exchange (million forints)

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Cover image source: Gábor Szabó / Gabriel Szabo