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Retail Asia08/02/2023

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index dropped 2.15% to 1,065.84 points Tuesday. The index closed 23.45 points lower after gaining 12.14 points on Monday. Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) increased by 26.65% to VND12.17 trillion ($515.35 million). The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 24 tickers dropped. PDR of Phat Dat […]

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Retail Asia10/10/2022

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Vietnam’s stock market was the world’s worst performer this week with an 8.5% decline. It was followed by Russia, down 4.8%, and Venezuela, down 1.87%, according to market data provider StockQ. Over the last four weeks Vietnam has been the world’s second worst performer behind Russia, with the VN-Index falling by 16.67%. The VN30 basket, […]

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Retail Asia18/04/2022

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index started off the week in the red with a 1.25 percent drop to 1,440.23 points Monday morning, the lowest in 11 weeks. The index fell by 17 points as of 11:06 a.m. after ending in the red in four out of the last six sessions. The main bourse Ho Chi Minh Stock […]

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Retail Asia07/02/2022

The VN-Index began the new lunar year with a 1.5-percent jump Monday morning, led by aviation and energy stocks. It gained 22 points to 1,503 points at 11.20 as the market reopened after the nine-day Tet break, reaching a near four-week high. It represents a 4.1-percent recovery from the bottom of 1,439 points reached on January […]

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Retail Asia05/01/2022

Vietnam’s stock market was the seventh biggest gainer last year at 35.7 percent, outperforming regional peers, as new retail investors rushed to a new asset for profit. With the benchmark VN-Index rising 394 points to close the year at 1,498 points, Vietnam listed among the top 10 gaining stock markets in the world with Abu […]

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Retail Asia08/11/2021

More than 130,000 new investors opened stock trading accounts in October, including 129,750 local investors, according to the Vietnam Securities Depository. 129,200 of the local investors were retail ones. At the end of October there were over 3.86 million accounts. The number increased for a third straight month amid news of government economic stimulus of […]

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Retail Asia04/06/2021

The number of new stock trading accounts opened by retail investors in May topped 113,670, a new monthly record, according to the Vietnam Securities Depository. May was the third month in a row in which more than 100,000 accounts were opened. There were 3.2 million retail accounts and nearly 12,000 belonging to organizations. The invasion […]

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Retail Asia10/05/2021

The average daily securities trading value surged 5.6 times year-on-year in April to $725 million, nearly equivalent to that of Singapore, according to HSBC. The lender said in a recent report that the figure, which far exceeds those of Malaysia and Indonesia, was due to the increase in new investors and recovery of the economy. […]

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Retail Asia31/12/2020

The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange is set to raise the minimum number of shares that can be transacted in order from 50 to 100. It had planned to effect the change on January 18, but after testing and interaction with securities companies it has decided to advance it by two weeks to January 4 […]

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Retail Asia17/12/2020

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is growing its sustainability capabilities and initiatives with a $20 million ($15 million) plan. SGX is allocating half of the budget towards new ESG-focused products, services and platforms, while the other half will be used for capacity building for the financial ecosystem, strengthening internal capabilities and increasing CSR commitments, the bourse announced […]

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Retail Asia23/01/2020

Standard Chartered’s newly set up electronic pricing engine for global currencies completed its first-ever trade with promising improvements to efficiency. The trade was executed earlier this week with counterparty UOB and resulted in a reduction in trade latency of over 80 percent. Improved efficiency resulted in better volumes which would have generated an estimated 30 […]

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Retail Asia28/02/2019

Tokyo stocks closed lower on Tuesday following media reports saying Indian warplanes crossed into Pakistani airspace over the ceasefire line in Kashmir and dropped payloads. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which opened higher, lost 0.37%, or 78.84 points, to end at 21,449.39 while the broader Topix index was down 0.23%, or 3.67 points, to 1,617.20.

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Retail Asia28/02/2019

Wall Street’s three major indexes ended higher on Monday but well below the session’s highs after President Donald Trump said he would delay a planned hike in tariffs on Chinese imports. Postponement of the tariff deadline was seen as the clearest sign yet the two countries were closing in on an agreement to end their […]

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Retail Asia27/02/2019

At over VND3 trillion ($129.21 million), foreign buying in the local bourses from February 1-25 is three times the January figure. Foreign investment since the beginning of the year has been worth over VND4.3 trillion ($185.16 million). They have been focusing on blue chips like Hoa Phat (HPG), one of Vietnam’s leading steel producers. The […]

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Retail Asia25/02/2019

Shanghai led a rally across Asian markets Monday after Donald Trump said he would delay a hike in tariffs on Chinese goods citing “substantial progress” in trade talks and fuelling hopes of an end to their long-running stand-off. Optimism over the negotiations had already provided support to global equities, spurring a rally in January and […]

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Retail Asia14/02/2019

Asian stocks climbed Wednesday as US President Donald Trump said he could extend the deadline for a trade deal with China, appearing to boost the prospects of an agreement. Trump said “things are going well” at preliminary talks in Beijing, where top economic officials will gather Thursday seeking an accord to stop sharp US tariff […]

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Retail Asia14/02/2019

Most Southeast Asia stock markets closed lower on Tuesday while Vietnam rallied for the second straight session to its highest level in nearly two months. Washington and Beijing will commence high-level trade talks this week to negotiate an end to their bitter trade dispute. Despite positive responses from both sides, the sailing of two U.S. destroyers near […]

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Retail Asia12/02/2019

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has raised its stake in luxury apparel firms Future101 Design and Genesis Colors to strengthen its foothold in retail industry. Reliance Brands Ltd (RBL), a unit of RIL, “has acquired a further stake of 2.5 percent in Future101 Design Pvt Ltd on February 7, 2019, for a consideration of Rs 1.99 crore, taking its total stake in […]

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Retail Asia11/02/2019

Axiata Group Bhd’s share price fell 4.87% at mid-day after the group and its majority owned subsidiary Ncell Pte Ltd were ordered by the Nepal Supreme Court to pay capital gains tax of 61 billion Nepalese rupees (RM2.16 billion) for the Ncell buyout deal. At 12.30pm, Axiata was the eighth loser on Bursa Malaysia, trading […]

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Retail Asia08/02/2019

Axiata Group Bhd saw some selling pressure in early morning trade on news that it had been hit with a capital gains tax bill of RM2.16bil by the Nepalese Supreme Court. The stock lost as much as 20 sen or 5.1% in early morning trading on Friday to a low of RM3.70. At 9.30am, the […]

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