BUX closes at 146,252.73 points, down 0.23 percent
Published on 11/12/2026 at 22:48 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSBUX ends Thursday slightly lower
- The BUX closed at 146,252.73 points on November 12, 2026, down 0.23 percent from Wednesday.
- Richter and Magyar Telekom gained, while OTP and Mol declined.
- Richter advanced after an exclusive licensing agreement with Eli Lilly, while Telekom reached a new record high.
The BUX ended Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 146,252.73 points, according to T?zsdefórum. The Budapest blue-chip index lost 339.12 points, or 0.23 percent, compared with Wednesday's close of 146,591.85 points. Trading was mixed, with strength in selected healthcare and telecommunications shares offset by losses in the largest banking and energy constituents.
Richter and Telekom offset declines
Richter was the strongest major contributor on the day. Its shares rose 3.35 percent to 13,590 Hungarian forints after the company announced an exclusive licensing agreement with Eli Lilly for the development of innovative women's health medicines. T?zsdefórum reported that the stock finished above its August record.
Magyar Telekom gained 2.12 percent to 2,982 forints and set a new record high. The advance helped cushion the index against declines in the other major constituents. OTP fell 1.27 percent to 41,960 forints, while Mol dropped 2.59 percent to 4,822 forints. The four shares accounted for most of the session's direction among the BUX blue chips.
Profit-taking weighed on the benchmark
Equilor analyst András Takács described the session as mixed and noted that market turnover was above average, with total equity trading volume reaching 28.5 billion forints. He attributed the declines in OTP and Mol primarily to possible profit-taking. In his assessment, OTP was correcting part of Wednesday's advance, while developments concerning Serbia may have influenced Mol.
The modest decline came after a stronger morning phase, when the index had moved above the previous close before losing momentum. The session's composition matters for investors: the fall was not broad-based across the leading shares, but reflected weakness in two heavily traded names despite substantial gains in Richter and Telekom.
BUX remains a real-time blue-chip index
The Budapest Stock Exchange describes the BUX as its official blue-chip share index. It is calculated continuously from a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization basket and is denominated in Hungarian forints. The Thursday close therefore reflects the combined end-of-session performance of the index constituents rather than a separate traded security.
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