Vietnam Daily Market Recap May 15, 2025

Stocks advance, led by banks

The VN-Index opened higher on Thursday, dropped into negative territory, but rebounded in the afternoon to close in the green, up to 0.3% at 1,313.2. Market liquidity was fueled by positive market sentiment, surging 13.2% DoD to VND25.7tn (USD991.2mn). The HNX Index followed a similar pattern, posting a gain of 0.2% to close at 219.8.

Most sectors gained today, led by Banks (+1.0%), Food & Beverage (+0.6%), Financial Services (+0.6%) and Construction & Materials (+0.5%). In contrast, sectors such as Real Estate (-1.3%), Technology (-0.9%) and Industrial Good & Services (-0.8%) declined.

Top performers today included VPL (+6.9%), LPB (+3.8%) and MBB (+2.2%). ACB (+3.0%) led gainers, adding 7.3 points to the index. Top laggards included VHM (-4.0%), FPT (-1.0%) and BCM (-2.4%).

Foreign investors net bought for a third consecutive day with VND895.7bn (USD34.55mn), with foreigners mainly buying MBB (VND554.2bn, USD21.4mn), SHB (VND292.7bn, USD12.4mn) and FPT (VND158.4bn, USD6.1mn), while selling momentum focused on VHM (VND633.2bn, USD24.42mn), VRE (VND237.1bn, USD9.1mn) and GEX (VND98.5bn, USD3.8mn).

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