The Budapest Stock Exchange is the central marketplace for Hungarian companies to list their securities and access public capital. Based in Budapest, the exchange operates under Hungarian and European Union regulations, ensuring transparent trading and standardized reporting.
BSE’s primary equity market lists established Hungarian companies, while its Xtend Market offers a platform for small and medium-sized enterprises seeking easier entry into public markets. BSE also supports trading in government bonds, corporate bonds, investment funds, and derivatives such as futures and options.
The exchange maintains several indices, including the BUX, its main benchmark index that tracks the largest and most liquid Hungarian companies. BUX is widely monitored by both domestic and international investors and plays an important role in evaluating Central and Eastern European market performance.
Over recent years, the BSE has expanded its digital infrastructure, improved liquidity programs, and launched initiatives to support regional growth companies. These efforts aim to strengthen Hungary’s role in the broader European investment landscape.
BSE operates the Xtend Market, which offers lighter listing requirements and tailored support programs for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This helps early-stage companies access growth funding, build market visibility, and transition toward full listings on the main market when they mature.
The BUX index reflects the performance of Hungary’s most traded blue-chip companies. It is used by institutional investors, ETFs, and research firms as the main benchmark for evaluating the Hungarian equity market. Movements in the BUX often correlate with shifts in Hungary’s economic outlook, foreign investment flows, and sector-level trends such as banking, energy, or telecom.
BSE uses global trading and reporting standards, collaborates with international index providers, and supports cross-border investment activity. Hungary’s inclusion in regional and global emerging-market indices increases foreign participation, which boosts liquidity and aligns BSE with broader European capital markets.
FinFeedAPI’s Stock API provides pricing, index data, and company fundamentals for Hungarian-listed equities. Developers use this data to build tools focused on emerging markets, track regional performance, and analyze BUX index components.
