Budapest Stock Exchange: One of the Region's Most Liquid Markets

Businessn.a. ♦ Published: February 1, 2013; 14:16 ♦ (Vindobona)

Despite the globally dwindling capital market activity, the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) still remained one of the region's most liquid markets in 2012.

Budapest Stock Exchange: One of the Region's Most Liquid Markets / Picture: © Budapest Stock Exchange

One of the main indicators proving the good liquidity conditions is share turnover velocity, which was highest at 52.7% of all neighbouring countries. This means that a volume of more than half of Hungarian equity market capitalisation was traded throughout the year.

The Budapest Liquidity Measure (BLM) also shows that liquidity was generally maintained, even if BSE’s…