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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Profile |
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Official name |
The Share Index of the Budapest Stock Exchange Co. Plc. |
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Type |
Total return index, taking account of dividend payouts |
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ISIN |
HU0005060210 |
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Weighting |
Share index with market capitalisation weighting corrected for free float |
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Currency of calculation |
Hungarian Forint (HUF) |
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Structure |
Consists of a variable number of shares up to a maximum of 25 |
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Review |
Twice a year - March, September |
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Frequently of calculation |
Continuous |
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Ticker codes |
Reuters: .BUX Bloomberg: BUX |
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Base value |
January 2, 1991 = 1000 points |
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Base capitalization |
HUF 14,639,314,708 |
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Tradeable products |
BUX index futures contract BUX index options contract |
