Securities liquidity in February decreased, foreign investors’ transactions accounted for more than 12% of the total market value

Foreign investors turned to be net sellers in February with a value of approximately 572 billion dong.

At the end of the last trading session of February 2023, the VN-Index reached 1,024.68 points, down 7.78% compared to January 2023 and up 1.75% compared to the end of 2022; VNAllshare reached 966.19 points, down 10.05% compared to January 2023, and down 0.46%% compared to the end of 2022; VN30 reached 1,014.96 points, down 9.79% compared to January 2023 and up 0.97% compared to the end of 2022.

In February, a number of industries dropped sharply in the month, including: real estate industry (VNREAL) down 13.43%; consumer goods (VNCOND) down 12.38%; industry (VNIND) down 11.45%.

Trading statistics by index for the month

The stock market liquidity in February recorded an average trading volume and value of nearly 567.7 million shares and VND 10,014 billion, respectively, decreasing by 2.14% in average volume and respectively. 4.6% in average value compared to January 2023.

Meanwhile, the average trading volume of CW session was about 22.9 million CW with the average trading value of more than 9.4 billion dong; respectively, an increase of 7.95% in average volume and a decrease of about 5.0% in average value compared to January 2023.

The total transaction value of foreign investors in the month reached over 48,419 billion VND, accounting for more than 12.08% of the total trading value of both buying and selling directions of the whole market. Foreign investors made a net sale in the month with a value of more than 571.8 billion dong.

Transactions of foreign investors in the month

Regarding the market size on HOSE, by the end of February 28, 2023, there were 510 listed stocks, including: 402 stocks, 03 closed-end fund certificates, 11 ETF certificates and 94 stocks. secured warrants. The total volume of listed shares reached over 140.97 billion shares. The market capitalization reached more than 4.08 million billion dong, down 7.83% from the previous month, accounting for more than 94.14% of the total market capitalization.

By the end of February 2023, on HOSE, there were 36 enterprises with market capitalization of more than 1 billion USD, of which Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam was still the only enterprise with capitalization over 10 billion USD.

Top 5 stocks traded in the month

Duong Ngoc/Market life