The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) topped the list, with capitalisation of over US$18 billion.

According to the HoSE, by the end of December 29, 2023, there were 641 listed stock codes, including 394 stock codes, 4 closed fund certificate codes, 14 ETF fund certificate codes and 229 covered warrant codes. The total volume of listed shares reached over 151.4 billion shares.

Listed capitalisation value eclipsed VND4.55 quadrillion (US$186.7 billion), an increase of 3.35% compared to the previous month, accounting for more than 93.3% of the total listed market capitalisation value and equivalent to 47.9% of Vietnam's GDP in 2022 (GDP at current prices).

According to the HoSE, at the end of the last trading session of December 2023, the VN-Index reached 1,129.93 points, up 3.27% compared to November 2023 and up 12.2% compared to the end of 2022. The capitalisation index including all stocks listed on the HoSE (VNAllshare) reached 1,154.49 points, up 4.42% compared to November 2023, and up 18.94% compared to the end of 2022; VN30 reached 1,131.46 points, up 4.60% compared to November 2023 and up 12.56% compared to the end of 2022.

The average trading volume in 2023 sessions reached 736.7 million shares, corresponding to an average trading value of VND15.12 trillion; up 12.62% in average volume and down 11.07% in average value compared to those of 2022.

In December 2023, the average trading volume of covered warrant (CW) per session reached about 47.21 million CW with an average transaction value of more than VND30.04 billion, marking a decrease of 25.59% in average volume and a decrease of 14.18% in average value compared to November 2022.

In 2023, CW trading liquidity recorded growth with an average session trading volume reaching 32.7 million CW, corresponding to an average transaction value of more than VND28.6 billion, an increase of 1.18% in average volume and 35.8% in average value compared to 2022.

The total transaction value of foreign investors in the month reached over VND62.142 trillion, accounting for more than 9.27% of the total transaction value of both buying and selling sides of the entire market. Foreign investors made net sales in the month with a value of more than VND8.77 trillion and for the whole year 2023, the figure was over VND19.51 trillion.

Source: VNA