Trading value on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) totalled VNĐ857 billion (US$36.8 million) per trading session in October, up 16.5 per cent against last month.

 

This was equivalent to a trading volume of 61.4 million shares during each session on HNX in October, up 5.6 per cent month-on-month.

 

In October, there were two newly-established enterprises and two delisted. Nine companies registered to add 1 billion additional shares. HNX now has 353 listed companies with total charter capital of VNĐ144 trillion.

 

The HNX-Index often fell sharply in most of the last sessions. At the close of the last trading session of October, the HNX Index reached 135.34 points, an increase of 1.81 per cent compared to the end of the previous month. Market capitalisation reached more than VNĐ240.6 trillion, an increase of 1.6 per cent.

 

Total trading volume of the whole exchange in October reached 1.35 billion shares, worth more than VNĐ18.8 trillion.

 

Total trading value of the HNX-30 group reached more than VNĐ14.8 trillion in October, up 38.3 per cent against last month and accounted for 78.7 per cent of trading value of the whole northern exchange.

 

The HNX-30 tracks the Hà Nội Stock Exchange's 30 leading shares in terms of market capitalisation and liquidity.

 

Foreign investors' trading volume reached VNĐ75.5 million shares, worth more than VNĐ1.54 trillion. Of the estimates, the buying value was over VNĐ1.39 trillion, the selling value was over VNĐ1.37 trillion. In October, foreign investors net sold more than VNĐ18 billion. — VNS