Despite investor fears, the stock market has seen an increase of approximately 1.1 percentage points in the VN Index in May. Although, it is the influx of short-term capital that has been driving the markets during this subdued phase.
The sudden reduction in operating interest rates by the State Bank of Vietnam caused a sharp drop of 9.83 points in the VN index between 3 April and 12 April.
Several banking, real estate, securities, and steel stocks fell to the floor despite the positive news that the State Bank of Vietnam has officially expanded the credit room by 1.5-5 percent, increasing credit growth in the year to 15.5-16 percent compared to the target of 14 percent at the beginning of the year.
On the HCMC Stock Exchange, the VN-Index gained 2.8 percent, to close at 969.26 points. The index had risen 3.4 percent, to close Wednesday at 942.90 points.
Financial stocks were the focus to help the market recover, although many real estate stocks were still on the floor, and a large volume of NVL, DXG, DIG, and PDR shares was unsalable.
Despite the selling pressure in many sectors, the VN-Index still gained slightly in the trading session on the last day of October, thanks to the effort of the pillar stocks. In contrast, steel stocks continued to be engulfed in the red color due to heavy losses in the third quarter.
With several negative information in the market, the VN-Index continued to decrease by nearly 39 points in the last session of the week on October 7. Market capitalization on the HoSE lost another VND153.5 trillion in the trading session to VND4.12 quadrillion. The VN-Index was in the top five Asian stock indexes with the sharpest drop on October 7.
The VN-Index officially lost the 1,110-point mark, retreating to the bottom made in February 2021 in the first trading session of October on October 3.
Stockholders dumped shares heavily, whereas investors holding money did not participate in the market, causing the VN-Index to retreat to near 1,200 points. With a drop of roughly 29 points in the trading session on September 19, all previous gains of the VN-Index in August were erased.
While the cash flow has not shown any signs of returning to the market, the selling pressure caused the VN-Index to fall off the milestone of 1,200 points in the last trading session of the second quarter.
Negative information from the global stock market and the fact that the US has put Vietnam back on the currency monitoring list created panic in the stock market, leading to a terrible sell-off on June 13.
The market was dominated by the red color, but the VN-Index still gained, thanks to the group of pillar stocks. The fact that the market cannot be judged by its appearance makes many investors worry because they have lost direction in market assessment.
The profit-taking pressure caused the effort to conquer the resistance level of 1,300 points to fail, pushing the VN-Index down by nearly 11 points on June 2.
Keeping the rising momentum in the previous session, the Vietnam stock market in the trading session on May 25 actually thrived when the cash flow boldly poured into the market after a long time of poor market liquidity due to investors' cautiousness. Foreign investors also net bought about VND3 billion on the HoSE.
