Stocks fluctuate, some stocks still increase up to 300% in a month

The stock market is constantly struggling around the 1,200 point mark - Photo: BONG MAI

Despite the general market's turmoil and struggles over the past month, some stocks on the HNX - Hanoi Stock Exchange and the UPCoM market still increased strongly.

Difficult market, some codes increase more than 300%/month

On the HNX floor, in terms of liquidity, SHS (Saigon - Hanoi Securities) continued to be the stock with the largest trading volume last month, accounting for 13% of the total market (more than 185 million shares). Next was CEO (CEO Group) stock with a proportion of 6.6% (more than 94 million shares).

In terms of price fluctuations, the top stocks with strong increases are ATS (ATS Investment Group, 61%), INC (IDICO Investment Consulting, +44%), DHT (Ha Tay Pharmaceuticals, +35%), SDC (Song Da Consulting, +29%)...

In the UPCoM market, the 5 most traded stocks in the month included BSR (Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical), VGT (Vietnam Textile and Garment), BVB (Viet Capital Bank), OIL (PVOIL) and BCR (BCG Land). Trading volume was 202 million, 85 million, 76 million, 66 million, and 54 million shares, respectively.

Notably, PTX ( Petrolimex Nghe Tinh Transport and Services) shares increased by 323% in the past month. On UPCoM, CDR (Dong Nai Rubber Construction) also increased by more than 151%. In addition, some other codes in the group of strong increases include VTL (Vang Thang Long), VLP (Vinh Long Public Works), CXL (Cho Lon Import-Export and Investment)...

Foreign investors net sold on HNX, net bought on UPCoM, self-trading was cautious.

After 5 consecutive months of net buying on HNX, foreign investors reversed and net sold more than 110 billion VND in July. The group of securities companies' self-employed recorded a transaction value of more than 295 billion VND (net buying of more than 39 billion VND), down nearly 7% compared to the previous month.

Overall, the floor witnessed a decline in both liquidity and price of listed stocks. The HNX index closed at 235.36 points (-0.93%) at the end of the month. With an average volume of nearly 60 million shares/session (-25%), equivalent to a value of VND1,270 billion/session (-21%).

Meanwhile, on the UPCoM market, foreign investors net bought more than VND199 billion last month. Looking at the general situation, trading activities are still less active. Specifically, the average volume reached 57 million shares/session (-30%), the value was nearly VND1,130 billion/session (-29%). The UPCoM Index closed the last session of the month at 95.07 points (-2.53%).

As of the end of last month, the Hanoi Stock Exchange had 313 stocks, with a total listed value of nearly VND155,600 billion. The UPCoM market had 876 enterprises, with a registered trading value of more than VND440,000 billion.

Closing today's session on August 2, the VN-Index increased by more than 9.6 points (+0.79%) to 1,236.60 points. The HNX and UPCoM floors also increased by 2.3 points (+1%) to 231.5 points and 0.25 points (+0.27%) respectively to reach 93.7 points.

Total transaction value in the whole market reached nearly 18,600 billion VND, down more than 24% compared to the previous session.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/chung-khoan-giang-co-van-co-co-phieu-tang-toi-300-trong-thang-20240802172656456.htm