BSE was one of the first in the world who started to use free-float capitalisation weightings instead of the traditional market capitalisation weightings in October 1999.

The BUX index is also a tradeable index. Its futures and option products are available in BSE’s derivatives section.

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Official name

The Share Index of the Budapest Stock Exchange Co. Plc.

Type

Total return index, taking account of dividend payouts

ISIN

HU0005060210

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

Ticker codes

Reuters: .BUX

Bloomberg: BUX

Base value

January 2, 1991 = 1000 points

Base capitalization

HUF 14,639,314,708

Tradeable products

BUX index futures contract

BUX index options contract

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