On Thursday, Vietnam’s principal stock index, VN-Index, concluded trading at an unprecedented high of 1,909.01 points. This represented a 0.94% increase from the previous day’s closing figure. Trading activity on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, which is the…
Vietnam’s primary stock index, the VN-Index, experienced a significant drop of 5.86% during Monday morning trading, as investors initiated a sell-off due to geopolitical uncertainties and rising oil prices. Steep Fall of VN-Index On Monday, the VN-Index…
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…
At over VND3 trillion ($129.21 million), foreign buying in the local bourses from February 1-25 is three times the January figure. Foreign investment since the beginning of the year has been worth over VND4.3 trillion ($185.16 million). They have been…
Last year’s uncertainties and unclear future scenarios are reflected in more cautious assessments than number crunching for 2019. Nguyen Duy Hung, chairman of SSI, a leading Saigon broker, said that with a drop of over 20 percent from its peak, when the…
The VN-Index closed the last trading day of 2018 at 892.54 points, down almost 10 percent from the year’s outset. This was a drop of 93 points from January 2, the first trading day of the year. The benchmark closed below the 900-point mark on Friday, a drop…
As business results fall short of targets, Vietnamese blue chips are falling faster than the stock market’s continued plunge. Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index dropped 23.5 percent to 917.97 points on Friday from its April peak over 1,200 points. In corresponding…
Vietnam’s stock market is expected to keep its upbeat sentiment of 2017 and drive the benchmark VN-Index to an all-time high at year end, analysts said. The Vietnam Stock Index (VN-Index), a capitalization-weighted index of all the companies listed on the Ho…