Vietnam’s Stock Market Recap: VN-Index’s Resilient Week with Historic Trading Volume
The Vietnamese stock market witnessed a resilient week from August 4th to 8th as the VN-Index recovered from the previous week’s dip below 1,500. While the main index continued to face corrective pressures, it staged a strong comeback, closing the week at a new high of 1,584.95 points, surpassing the 2022 peak. The highlight of the week was the historic trading session on August 5th, with a staggering 3.2 billion shares traded and a turnover of nearly VND 83,000 billion across the market.
In terms of foreign investment flows, foreign investors maintained their net selling trend, focusing on block deals. Cumulatively, foreign investors sold a net VND 10,950 billion during the five sessions. However, excluding the net selling in VIC through block trades, foreign investors remained net buyers in the matched order segment.
A breakdown of the exchanges reveals that foreign investors net sold VND 11,501 billion on HoSE, net bought VND 678 billion on HNX, and net sold VND 127 billion on UPCoM.
Analyzing the stock performance, VIC stood out as the focal point of net selling, recording a staggering net sell-off of VND 12,777 billion, dwarfing the rest. Today’s net selling by foreign investors involving SK was part of SK’s previously announced global investment portfolio restructuring strategy. VIC is one of several investments that SK has been divesting from.
Given VIC’s strong performance this year, SK deemed it an optimal time to exit their investment. SK will continue its strategic partnership with Vingroup and seek collaborative opportunities. The Group is also exploring renewable energy ventures in Vietnam.
FPT ranked second in net selling with VND 1,517 billion, followed by SSI (VND 388 billion) and VHM (VND 335 billion). Other stocks facing notable outflows included VCI (VND 245 billion), KDH (VND 194 billion), VNM (VND 179 billion), and HAX (VND 172 billion). DBC, SHB, CTR, HHS, and VND also experienced net selling in the hundreds of billions of VND each.
On the buying side, foreign investors displayed a strong appetite for large-cap stocks and banks. HPG topped the list with net buying of VND 1,228 billion, followed by VPB (VND 681 billion) and SHS (VND 627 billion). STB (VND 464 billion), DCM (VND 281 billion), and MWG (VND 266 billion) also attracted significant foreign investment. Additionally, stocks such as TPB, VIC, CEO, NVL, KBC, and GMD witnessed net buying ranging from over VND 100 billion to VND 200 billion each.
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