OTP Drops Second Day, Leads Hungarian Shares Down on U.S. Budget
By Krystof Chamonikolas -
2011-11-21T09:01:02Z
OTP Bank Nyrt., the biggest lender in Hungary, retreated for a second day as concern U.S. lawmakers may fail to reach agreement on budget cuts drove investors from riskier assets worldwide.
The BUX equity gauge slid 1.7 percent to 16,748.82 as of 9:52 a.m. in Budapest. OTP, with a 25 percent weighting in the benchmark, led declines with a 2.5 percent drop to 2,955 forint.
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