Budapest, October 18 (MTI) – Hungary’s construction sector output fell an annual 15.3 percent in August in unadjusted terms, the Central Statistical Office said on Thursday.

Budapest, October 18 (MTI) – Budapest’s main stock index, the BUX, opened Thursday at 27,984.16 points, up 0.13 percent compared to Wednesday’s close.

Houston, October 17 (MTI) – Finance Minister Janos Veres called on investors in Houston to consider Hungary as a place to invest in, on Wednesday, the first day of a Texas road show set to include Austin and Dallas, too.

Budapest, October 17 (MTI) – Hungary could have a special role in helping the UN attain its Millennium Development Goals in countries in the West Balkans and Eastern Europe, a senior official of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) told MTI during a Budapest conference on Wednesday.

Budapest, October 17, (MTI) – A merger of Hungary’s oil and gas
group Mol and Austrian energy company OMV would bring about a
monopoly in Hungary, Austria and Slovakia that would violate EU
competition rules, Mol CEO Gyorgy Mosonyi said on Wednesday.

Budapest, October 17 (MTI) – The Budapest Stock Exchange’s BUX
index closed at 27,948.58 points on Wednesday, down by 1.05 points
(0.00 percent), compared to Tuesday’s closing figures.

Budapest, October 17 (MTI) – Hungary’s finance ministry expects
annual tax revenues to drop by 500 billion forints (EUR 2 bn) — 2
percent of GDP — in the next two years, national daily Nepszabadsag
said on Wednesday.

Budapest, October 17 (MTI) – Hungary’s gross average wages rose
an annual 7.8 percent in August, down from 10 percent in July, the
Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Wednesday.

Budapest, October 16 (MTI) – Hungary’s industrial output rose an
annual 12.2 percent in August, up from 9.4 percent in July,
according to working day adjusted figures, the Central Statistical
Office (KSH) said on Tuesday.