BUX closes at 146,064.21 points, up 1.82%
Published on 11/09/2026 at 22:44 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSBUX ends Monday with strong gains
- The BUX closed at 146,064.21 points on November 9, 2026, up 2,610.43 points or 1.82 percent.
- OTP was the main driver, rising 3.78 percent as investors anticipated its upcoming quarterly results.
- Market sentiment also benefited from expectations that tensions involving Iran would not escalate.
The BUX closed Monday's session at 146,064.21 points, rising 2,610.43 points or 1.82 percent from Friday's close. The move marked a strong rebound for Hungary's blue-chip index after it had ended the previous session at 143,453.78 points.
According to Penzcentrum, citing the Hungarian MTI news agency, the rise was driven primarily by OTP. The bank's shares gained 3.78 percent to 42,800 HUF and accounted for most of the 30.0 billion HUF equity-market turnover. The index level, point change and percentage gain were reported for the completed Monday session.
OTP leads the Budapest rebound
Other major constituents also finished higher. MOL rose 0.46 percent to 4,838 HUF, Magyar Telekom advanced 0.76 percent to 2,924 HUF and Richter gained 0.70 percent to 12,960 HUF. The move was therefore broad-based among the leading shares, although OTP provided the clearest contribution to the index advance.
Equilor analyst Andras Takacs said OTP had recovered the decline recorded on Friday. Investors were also looking ahead to the bank's quarterly report, due on Wednesday, while Richter's results were expected early Tuesday. Those forthcoming reports may keep attention focused on company-specific earnings in the next sessions.
International sentiment improves
Penzcentrum reported that sentiment across international markets was positive by the time Budapest trading ended. The report linked the improvement to comments by US President Donald Trump that the situation involving Iran would not escalate. It also noted that oil prices fell by 3 percent, while European markets were up by around 1.4 percent and US markets by more than 2 percent at the Hungarian close. These developments formed the broader backdrop to Monday's advance, but do not by themselves establish a causal relationship for every index move.
The Budapest Stock Exchange describes the BUX as its official blue-chip share index, calculated continuously in Hungarian forint. After Monday's close, the index had recovered a substantial part of the previous session's decline, while investors' attention shifted to the upcoming results from OTP and Richter.
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