CEE MARKETS 1-FHB shares jump again on savings bank speculation
December 30, 2013 at 07:58 AM EST
By Sandor Peto BUDAPEST, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Hungary's FHB Bank surged 15 percent on Monday, extending recent gains on speculation it will bid for the government's stake in savings banks whose market share is expected to increase. Its gains helped lift the Budapest stock index 1.1 percent, with Central European equity and currency markets otherwise mixed in slow trade ahead of the year-end. Budapest said two weeks ago that it would sell its majority stake in Takarekbank, the umbrell