BUX is a
blue chip stock market index
In finance, a stock index, or stock market index, is an index that measures a stock market, or a subset of the stock market, that helps investors compare current stock price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.
Two of the ...
consisting up to 25 (currently 16) major
Hungarian companies trading on the
Budapest Stock Exchange. Prices are taken from the electronic
Xetra trading system. According to the operator
Budapest Stock Exchange, the BUX measures the performance of the Equities Prime Market's 12 to 25 largest Hungarian companies in terms of order book volume and market capitalization. It is the equivalent of the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity indexe ...
and
DAX
Dax or DAX may refer to:
Business and organizations
* DAX, stock market index of the top 40 German companies
** DAX 100, an expanded index of 100 stocks, superseded by the HDAX
** TecDAX, stock index of the top 30 German technology firms
* Da ...
, the index shows the average price changing of the shares with the biggest market value and turnover in the equity section. Hereby this is the most important index number of the exchange trends.
BSE was one of the first in the world who started to use
free-float capitalisation weightings instead of the traditional
market capitalisation
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Market capitalization is equal to the market price per common share multiplied by t ...
weightings in October 1999. The base date for the BUX is 2 January 1991 and it was started from a base value of 1,000. It is calculated in real-time based on the actual market prices of a basket of shares. The BUX index is also a tradeable index. Its futures and option products are available in BSE's derivatives section.
Ticker codes: Reuters: BUX, Bloomberg: BUX.
Annual returns
The following table shows the annual development of the BUX since 1991.
Components
The current components and weightings of the index:
BUX Composition'
Since the March 2022 adjustment, the BUX consists of the following major Hungarian companies:
See also
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Economy of Hungary
The economy of Hungary is a high-income mixed economy, ranked as the 9th most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index. Hungary is a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) with a very hi ...
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List of Hungarian companies
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List of companies based in Budapest
This is a list of major corporations headquartered or operates in Budapest, Hungary. The table is arranged alphabetically by company, but can also be sorted by industry.
See also
* Economy of Budapest
* Economy of Hungary
* List of compa ...
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Central European Blue Chip Index
The Central European Blue Chip Index (CETOP) is a stock market index which reflects the performance of the companies with the biggest market value and turnover in the Central European region.
The aim of the CETOP index is to serve as a benchmark ...
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S&P 500
The Standard and Poor's 500, or simply the S&P 500, is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices. As of ...
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity indexe ...
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DAX
Dax or DAX may refer to:
Business and organizations
* DAX, stock market index of the top 40 German companies
** DAX 100, an expanded index of 100 stocks, superseded by the HDAX
** TecDAX, stock index of the top 30 German technology firms
* Da ...
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Austrian Traded Index The Austrian Traded Index (ATX) is the most important stock market index of the Wiener Börse. The ATX is, like most European indices, defined as a price index and currently consists of 20 stocks.
Annual Returns
The following table shows the ann ...
References
External links
BÉTBloomberg page for BUX:IND
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1991 establishments in Hungary
European stock market indices
Industry in Hungary
Economy of Budapest