OTP slide and tech selling dominate the close

According to the Budapest Stock Exchange's official close, the BUX ended 8 October 2026 at 137,165.79 points, a daily fall of 2.93%. OTP closed at HUF 37,870, down 5.09%; MOL fell 0.70% to HUF 5,000, Richter lost 2.40% to HUF 12,200, and Magyar Telekom declined 0.39% to HUF 2,530.

In Europe, the DAX closed at 24,806.97 points, down 1.18%. The STOXX Europe 600 finished at 625.51, a fall of 0.75%; the CAC 40 slipped 0.51% to 7,729.69 and the FTSE 100 lost 0.16% to 10,441.60. Closing values from Deutsche Börse, STOXX and Euronext consistently showed the European retreat.

In the United States, the S&P 500 closed at 7,765.36 points, down 0.47%. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.25% to 27,193.34, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.10% to 51,231.64. Official index pages from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Nasdaq were independently checked against the Associated Press closing summary.

For Hungarian retail investors, the most direct risk was OTP's heavy index weight and its 5.09% decline, while weakness in US technology shares may also affect international funds. Related reading includes our September inflation and real-rate analysis and the 7 October 2026 close review. The next verifiable event is the regular market close on 9 October 2026.