PRAGUE/BUDAPEST/WARSAW/MOSCOW (dpa-AFX) – The most important Eastern European stock exchanges closed with losses on Monday. Investor sentiment on the leading European stock exchanges and on Wall Street was also rather cautious at the start of the week.
On the Warsaw stock market, the leading index WIG 20 fell by 0.9 percent to 2208.05 points. The broad WIG lost 0.67 percent to 73,969.84 points.
Amica closed with a gain of 0.3 percent. Analysts at Erste Group saw the household appliance manufacturer’s third quarter figures as in line with expectations.
In Prague, the PX (PX Prague Stock Exchange Index) closed 0.48 percent lower at 1,380.91 points. The heavyweights CEZ (CEZ AS) and Erste Group (Erste Group Bank) lost 0.5 and 0.2 percent respectively.
On the Budapest Stock Exchange, the BUX fell by 0.36 percent to 55,887.95 points. The highest turnover was once again the OTP (Orságos Takar És Ker BK ON) bank share, which fell by 1.4 percent. The MOL share, however, gained 1.5 percent.
In Moscow, the RTS index (RTS) fell by 0.97 percent to 1132.05 points./ste/ger/APA/gl/nas