Sluggish trade weighs on markets
Sluggish trade weighs on markets
Shares treading water on sluggish trading dragged down both national stock exchanges November 22.
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| Source: VietstockFinance |
The VN-Index on the HCM City Stock Exchange gave up 0.17 per cent to close yesterday at 383.22 points with the value of trades halving from Wednesday's level, totalling just VND207.5 billion (US$9.9 million).
A lacklustre market with sluggish trading eroded investor confidence, according to analysts from the Maritime Bank Securities Co.
"Many large-cap and penny stocks fell, and the lack of buying interest from foreign investors made short-term trading become riskier," they wrote in a report.
Foreign investors concluded yesterday as net sellers on both exchanges, unloading combined shares worth VND5.7 billion ($273,000).
Half of the top 30 shares on the bourse were unchanged while nine codes declined and seven gained value, driving the VN30 down 0.14 per cent to 452.24 points.
No shares saw trades in excess of 1 million shares and three of the most active codes yesterday saw only about 700,000 shares changing hands. They included wood processor Duc Long Gia Lai (DLG), Military Bank (MBB) and Bac Giang Exploitable Mineral (BMG). MBB closed flat, while DLG rose 3 per cent and BMG jumped 4.7 per cent.
On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, increases of blue chips lifted the HNX-Index by 0.339 per cent to a close of 51.58 points by the end of yesterday's session.
Overall trading value was still low, however, totalling just VND91.94 billion (US$4.4 million).
Money focused on three codes, including Sai Gon-Ha Noi Bank (SHB) on total trades of 3.4 million shares; real estate company Sacomreal (SCR), 2.75 million shares; and Ha Noi Investment General Corp (SHN), with over 1 million shares. While SHN closed flat, the other two companies jumped 2.4 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively.
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