Recently released financial reports show the earnings of securities companies were positive in the first quarter of 2021.

The stock market ended 2020 with diverse notes, from the selloff in Q1 which sent the VN-Index down to 660 points, the lowest in four years, to the recovery and strong rally, especially in Q4.

Even in a rebounding scenario, the VN-Index on the Hochiminh Stock Exchange is expected to experience wild volatility and revisit a support range of 710-740 points next week, according to Bao Viet Securities.

Nine industries could be negatively affected in the short term by the fallout of the coronavirus epidemic, according to SSI Securities Corp.

Stocks in the FLC family, especially that of construction firm ROS, drew the attention of investors amid the local market’s slight rebound today, January 14, while liquidity in the local market also significantly improved.

The business results of listed enterprises in the first nine months of this year are not so poor. However, uncertainty about the result of talks over the Sino-U.S. trade war makes it harder to forecast the development of Vietnam stock market.

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 Shares advanced on both national stock exchanges last week after posting losses in the previous week.

 Shares advanced last week, boosted by large-cap stocks on both national stock exchanges.

 Stocks cheered a full week of gains on both exchanges last week as large-cap shares advanced.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While Vietnamese investors are rushing to sell stocks out of fears brought on by current uncertainties, foreign investors are injecting money into Vietnamese stocks, finding the cheaper goods attractive.

 Local investors continued to unload shares on growing pessimism on May 13, although the low prices attracted foreign bargain-seekers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many big foreign investors came to Vietnam with heavy bags of money, but later trucked the bags back home, unable to find any satisfactory places into which to pour their cash.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Agriculture, which has been described as unprofitable and risky for investors, is turning out to be attractive in the eyes of real estate and securities firms, who have tasted bitterness in their core business fields.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign stock investors still hope they can buy REE, FPT or VNM shares – the blue chips - one day, when the government accepts to lift the ceiling foreign ownership ratios in Vietnamese enterprises.

Commercial banks have quietly reduced the deposit interest rates because of the low demand for loans. Investors have been in a divided mind as to where to pour money to since all the investment channels remain unattractive.

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Once the State Bank tightens the management over the gold market by setting higher requirements on gold trading entities, a black market would be established.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A decline in businesses performances last year caused a downturn in the quality of securities, affecting investor confidence, says the State Securities Commission.