The number of domestic individual investors stood at over 10.4 million as of late July, contributing to the nearly 10.5 million total accounts. This reflects an increase of almost 226,000 accounts compared to the previous month. Meanwhile, institutional investors accounted for 18,500 accounts, a rise of 164.
In terms of foreign investors, individual accounts increased by 179 to surpass 44,100. Organizations, on the other hand, added 9 accounts, bringing their total to nearly 4,700.
Altogether, more than 226,300 new accounts were added in July, the highest monthly increase in the last 11 months. As of the first seven months of the year, the market has witnessed an addition of nearly 1.2 million accounts.
This surge in account openings comes amidst a robust stock market performance in July, which saw the market reaching new historic highs. Market liquidity also witnessed a substantial increase, with the average trading value on HOSE surging to nearly VND35,000 billion/session, compared to VND20,100 billion/session in June.
Source: VietstockFinance
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