Market liquidity was positive on both HNX and UPCoM in April.

April 2025, liquidity increased sharply on HNX

In summary, the HNX listed stock market had a sharp decline since the beginning of the month after the news that the US imposed a 46% tax on Vietnamese goods. After that, with slight recovery sessions and maintaining fluctuations within a narrow range until the end of the month, the HNX-Index closed at 211.94 points, down 9.83% compared to the previous month.

However, market liquidity increased sharply with an average trading volume of 89.4 million shares/session, an increase of 37.5% compared to the previous month, along with the average trading value in April 2025 also increasing by 17.7% to VND 1,350 billion/session.

Transactions of HNX30 stock group accounted for 64.96% in volume and 76.15% in transaction value of the whole market.

In terms of liquidity, the stock with the best liquidity in the market continues to be SHS. Compared to March 2024, SHS shares had a sharp increase in trading volume with an increase of up to 31.2%, reaching 391 million shares, accounting for 21.35% of the total market. Next is CEO shares with a proportion of 9.04% and PVS shares with a proportion of 6.14%.

In terms of trading prices, the stock code NFC of Ninh Binh Phosphate Fertilizer Joint Stock Company with the closing price at the end of the month increased by 54.74% to VND42,400/share. Coming in second was SMT of SAMETEL Joint Stock Company with an increase of 35.29%. Stock codes including THS of Thanh Hoa - Song Da Joint Stock Company and KHS of Kien Hung Joint Stock Company also increased by over 34%, among the stocks with the strongest price increases.

In April, foreign investors were net sellers on the HNX listed stock market with a net selling value of over VND439.3 billion, of which the buying value was over VND1,211 billion and the selling value was over VND1,651 billion, the total trading value of foreign investors increased by 23% compared to the previous month. SHS shares continued to be bought the most by foreign investors with a buying volume of 12.1 million shares, followed by CEO shares with a buying volume of over 8.8 million shares. On the selling side, IDC and PVS were sold the most with selling volumes of 16.6 million shares and 13.9 million shares, respectively.

Self-trading activities of listed stocks at HNX of member securities companies decreased by 69% compared to the previous month, with a transaction value of more than VND267 billion (accounting for 1.1% of the total market), of which this group net sold with a value of more than VND201.9 billion.

In April 2025, the HNX listed stock market had 311 listed enterprises with a total listing value of over VND 166.8 trillion. The market capitalization value at the end of the month trading session reached over VND 345.7 trillion, down 7.9% compared to March 2025.

Average trading volume increased by 13.34% on UPCoM

The UPCoM market in April 2025 had a similar development to the listed stock market, falling sharply at the beginning of the month, then quickly recovering slightly and moving sideways until the end of the month. The UPCoM-Index closed the last trading session of the month at 92.42 points, down 5.74% compared to the end of the previous month. The average trading volume increased by 13.34% compared to March, reaching more than 61.35 million shares/session, the average trading value increased by 11.27%, reaching more than VND 803.24 billion/session.

In terms of liquidity, HNG shares of Hoang Anh Gia Lai International Agriculture JSC continued to be the most traded stock on UPCoM with 118.93 million shares, accounting for 9.69% of the total market. This is the stock with the highest liquidity on the UPCoM market in the past 6 months. BVB shares of Viet Capital Commercial Joint Stock Bank rose from 3rd place last month to 2nd place with a trading volume of 5.9%, corresponding to a trading volume of more than 72.36 million shares. Next is SBS shares of SBS Securities JSC with a trading volume of more than 56.7 million shares, accounting for 4.62%.

In terms of trading prices, the stock code with the strongest increase in price during the month was FRM of Saigon Forestry Corporation with a closing price of VND12,400, up 202.44% compared to the previous month. TIN stock of Tin Viet Finance Joint Stock Company also increased by 105.2%. In addition, the group with the strongest price increases also included CTX of Vietnam Construction Investment and Trading Joint Stock Corporation, CMM of Camimex Joint Stock Company, DCG of Dap Cau Garment Corporation Joint Stock Company.

Foreign investors' transaction value on UPCoM increased by more than 99% compared to the previous month and continued the net selling trend with a value of more than VND 657 billion, of which the selling value was VND 1,299 billion and the buying value was more than VND 642 billion.

The stock bought the most by foreign investors was ACV of Vietnam Airports Corporation, followed by HNG of Hoang Anh Gia Lai International Agriculture JSC. On the selling side, QNS of Quang Ngai Sugar JSC continued to be the stock sold the most by foreign investors with a trading volume of more than 8.73 million shares.

The total transaction value of securities companies' proprietary transactions reached more than VND 428.17 billion, down 3.85% compared to the previous month, in which securities companies continued to net sell on UPCoM with a purchase value of VND 105.35 billion and a sale value of VND 322.76 billion, net selling of VND 217.4 billion.

In March, the UPCoM market welcomed 3 new businesses registering for trading and 1 business canceling its trading registration to list shares on HOSE. At the end of April 2025, the UPCoM market had 888 businesses, with a total registered trading value of more than VND 534 trillion. The market capitalization value at the end of the month reached more than VND 1,360 trillion, down 4.26% compared to the previous month.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/thanh-khoan-thi-truong-tich-cuc-tren-hnx-lan-upcom-trong-thang-4-d279906.html