Stock trading at a Military Bank Securities facility (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) –
Shares rebounded slightly on the HCM Stock Exchange after a bearish session on August
30, propped up by strong growth of real estate and steel stocks.
The benchmark VN-Index
regained all of August 29’s losses with a rise of 0.6 percent at the close of
778.65 points. The southern market index edged down 0.42 percent in the
previous session.
Many heavyweight stocks
recovered on August 30, including industry-leading companies in sectors of real
estate, steel manufacturing, retail and food-beverage.
VinGroup, the biggest
listed realty firm by market value and assets, perked up 6.84 percent and
settled at 49,200 VND (2.17 USD) a share. The company on August 30 reported its
net profit after audit soared to almost 1.65 trillion VND in the first half of
this year, a 6.8-fold increase over the old figure of just 244 billion VND.
Its consolidated net
profits (total profits made by all companies belonging to the group) also
increased by 251.2 billion VND to 1.86 trillion VND. The company explained such
a sharp rise mainly came from an increase in financial incomes including
additional dividends receiving from its subsidiaries.
Foreign investors on August
30 bought a net value of nearly 39 billion USD worth of VinGroup’s shares,
making it the most purchased share by foreign traders by value.
Apart from VinGroup,
other firms such as Masan Group, Vinamilk, brewery Sabeco, IT giant FPT Corp,
mobile device retailer Mobile World Group, steelmakers Hoa Phat Group and Hoa
Sen Group also advanced and supported the market.
On the defensive side,
some large-cap stocks still sank in the red and weighed on the VN-Index,
including banks such as BIDV, Vietinbank, Sacombank, insurer Bao Viet Holdings,
petrol retailer Petrolimex and PetroVietnam Drilling and Wells Service Corp.
[Infographics: Vietnam’s stock market in first 7 months of 2017]
Meanwhile, speculative
stocks were under high selling pressure. Real estate FLC Group, Hoang Quan
Consulting-Trading-Service Real Estate JSC, HAI Agrochem and financial services
Ocean Group still led the market by the trading volume but their share prices
tumbled between 3-7 percent each.
According to BIDV
Securities Co, liquidity declined along with the trend of cash flow focusing on
individual stocks which could cause unsustainable market growth.
“The VN-Index may rise
again in the coming sessions but the medium-term correction trend has not
ended, especially in the context of a lack of support information in the
current period,” the company said in a note.
The HNX Index on the Hanoi
Stock Exchange fell 0.18 percent to close at 103.34 points, extending its fall
to total 0.5 percent after the last two sessions.
A total of 243.3 million
shares worth nearly 4.1 trillion VND (179.4 million USD) were traded in the two
markets on August 30, down 22.6 percent in volume and 16.3 percent in value
compared to the previous session’s figures.-VNA