BUX - Budapest Stock Index
BUX is a free float market capitalization-weighted total return index and is made up of the most actively traded blue chips of the Budapest Stock Exchange. The index is calculated in HUF and disseminated in real-time every 5 seconds by the Budapest Stock Exchange. It is designed as a tradable index to be used as an underlying for structured products and for standardized derivatives (futures & options).
| Short name | ISIN | Bloomberg | Reuters | Calculation time (CET) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUX |
- |
BUX<Index> | .BUX<return> | 9:01 – 17:10 |
Brief description of the BUX
- Official name: Budapest Stock Index
- Type: Total return index, taking account of dividend payouts
- Weighting: Share index with market capitalisation weighting corrected for free float
- Currency of calculation: Hungarian Forint (HUF)
- Structure: Consists of a variable number of shares up to a maximum of 25
- Review: Twice a year - March, September
- Frequently of calculation: Continuous, every five seconds
- Base value: January 1, 1991=1000 points
