Aiko TanakaGeneral
South Korea Retail Investor Deposits Drop Below 100 Trillion Won
Margin debt climbed past 33 trillion won as individual traders borrowed heavily despite pulling cash reserves out of equities.
Tag
stock market
Every story tagged stock market on RetailNews Asia: reporting, analysis and market signals from across Asian retail and e-commerce.
Stories tagged stock market
85 stories in this topic
Sarah ChenElectronics
Samsung and SK Hynix Slump Drags Seoul Benchmark Down 3.12 per Cent
Foreign funds offloaded 3.69 trillion won in Seoul shares as Samsung’s delayed payout timetable triggered an 8.70 per cent stock slide.
Wei ZhangE-Tailing
US Billionaires Boost Baidu Bets Amid AI Surge, Pull Back from Alibaba and JD.com
Prominent US investors Stanley Druckenmiller and David Tepper are increasing their stakes in Chinese search giant Baidu, driven by its AI advancements. This comes as they reduce or exit positions in other major Chinese e-commerce firms like Alibaba and JD.com.
Wei ZhangFinance
Asian Stocks Soar as US Treasury Intervention Calms Bond Market Fears
Asian stock markets experienced a significant rally following the US Treasury’s announcement to increase long-term bond issuance, a move designed to alleviate concerns over surging borrowing costs and provide stability to global financial markets.
Aiko TanakaFinance
Vietnam’s Stock Market Blazes into 2026: Skyrockets to Historical Highs in Opening Sessions
The Vietnam stock market began the year on a high note, setting two new historic peaks within the first two trading sessions. The VN-Index, Vietnam’s benchmark stock index, closed at a record-breaking 1,788 points on Monday and escalated a further 1.56% to a…
Sarah ChenFinance
Vietnam Stocks Plunge to Three-Week Low: VN-Index Slips Amid Massive Selloff
On Friday, Vietnam’s key VN-Index experienced a significant drop of 3.06%, settling at 1,656.89 points, the lowest it’s seen since November 19. This marked the fourth consecutive session that the index has ended in negative territory. Trade Volume Soars on Ho…
Aiko TanakaFinance
Stock market plunges
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index dropped 2.15% to 1,065.84 points Tuesday. The index closed 23.45 points lower after gaining 12.14 points on Monday. Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) increased by 26.65% to VND12.17 trillion ($515.35 million). The…
Maria SantosFinance
Vietnam stock market becomes world’s worst performer
Vietnam’s stock market was the world’s worst performer this week with an 8.5% decline. It was followed by Russia, down 4.8%, and Venezuela, down 1.87%, according to market data provider StockQ. Over the last four weeks Vietnam has been the world’s second…
Minjun ParkFinance
Stocks plunge to 11-week low
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index started off the week in the red with a 1.25 percent drop to 1,440.23 points Monday morning, the lowest in 11 weeks. The index fell by 17 points as of 11:06 a.m. after ending in the red in four out of the last six sessions. The…
Maria SantosFinance
Vietnam stock market makes bright start after Tet holidays
The VN-Index began the new lunar year with a 1.5-percent jump Monday morning, led by aviation and energy stocks. It gained 22 points to 1,503 points at 11.20 as the market reopened after the nine-day Tet break, reaching a near four-week high. It represents a…
Wei ZhangFinance
Vietnam stock market 7th biggest gainer globally
Vietnam’s stock market was the seventh biggest gainer last year at 35.7 percent, outperforming regional peers, as new retail investors rushed to a new asset for profit. With the benchmark VN-Index rising 394 points to close the year at 1,498 points, Vietnam…
Sarah ChenFinance
Over 130,000 investors enter stock market
More than 130,000 new investors opened stock trading accounts in October, including 129,750 local investors, according to the Vietnam Securities Depository. 129,200 of the local investors were retail ones. At the end of October there were over 3.86 million…
Maria SantosFinance
Newbies continue to flock to stock market
The number of new stock trading accounts opened by retail investors in May topped 113,670, a new monthly record, according to the Vietnam Securities Depository. May was the third month in a row in which more than 100,000 accounts were opened. There were 3.2…
Maria SantosFinance
Vietnam stock market daily trading value closes in on Singapore
The average daily securities trading value surged 5.6 times year-on-year in April to $725 million, nearly equivalent to that of Singapore, according to HSBC. The lender said in a recent report that the figure, which far exceeds those of Malaysia and…
Aiko TanakaFinance
Stock market raises standard trading lot to 100 to cope with overload
The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange is set to raise the minimum number of shares that can be transacted in order from 50 to 100. It had planned to effect the change on January 18, but after testing and interaction with securities companies it has decided to…
Aiko TanakaFinance
Singapore Exchange Makes Sustainability Push
Singapore Exchange (SGX) is growing its sustainability capabilities and initiatives with a $20 million ($15 million) plan. SGX is allocating half of the budget towards new ESG-focused products, services and platforms, while the other half will be used for…