Shares volatile, but liquidity increases

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam's stock market is experiencing a notably volatile phase with continuous fluctuations in the indexes. Similarly, the VN30 Index which tracks the top 30 shares by market cap and liquidity saw a decline of 0.86 per cent, with 22 stocks experiencing a drop. Liquidity increased, however, with more than one billion shares worth VNĐ21.6 trillion (US$911.4 million) being traded, up 10 per cent in volume and 13 per cent in value over Wednesday’s levels. In addition, the electricity and food & beverage industries also displayed a relatively balanced correlation between increases and decreases. More than 101 million shares worth VNĐ1.8 trillion were exchanged here, up 5 per cent in volume and 10 per cent in value compared to the previous session.