By Marton Dunai
BUDAPEST, Dec 30 Hungarian markets far
outperformed regional peers in 2016 as ratings agencies restored
the country's investment grade status and its improving economic
outlook lifted shares and the forint, while regional peers
battled waning market confidence and political problems.
Against a jittery international backdrop that included the
surprise vote by Britain to leave the European Union and Donald
Trump's victory in the U.S. Presidential election, regional
differences marked Budapest as a winner.
Hungarian shares rose by a third in 2016, hovering
just off a fresh all-time high of 32,040 on the last trading
daay of the year. All blue chips benefited from sound
fundamentals but the improvem...Read the full article at: http://www.reuters.com/article/easteurope-markets-idUSL5N1EP1D6