Vingroup rises to top 2 in capitalization; market liquidity improves slightly

Closing the week with a 2.69% increase, the VN-Index still held the 1,300-point mark quite firmly. However, cautious sentiment returned when entering the trading session on May 19. However, bottom-fishing demand quickly entered the market, especially in some leading industry groups, helping the market reverse positively. The flexible movement of cash flow is a notable highlight when it continuously rotates between groups of stocks, reflecting investors' expectations for a short-term recovery. Although red still accounts for a large proportion on the electronic board, thanks to the lifting force from large-cap stocks, the VN-Index narrowed the decline and closed the morning session slightly up.

In the afternoon session, thanks to the push of some pillar stocks, VN-Index still maintained its green color. However, these pillars were still not enough to face the rising selling pressure. The market fluctuated again. Red completely dominated, pushing VN-Index back below the reference level.

At the end of the trading session, VN-Index decreased by 5.1 points (-0.39%) to 1,296.29 points. HNX-Index decreased by 1.45 points (-0.66%) to 217.24 points. UPCoM-Index still increased by 0.21 points (0.22%) to 95.71 points. The whole market had 293 stocks increasing while 450 stocks decreased. The number of stocks increasing to the ceiling was 25, while there were also 20 stocks decreasing to the floor.

The market focus today is on stocks belonging to the “Vin” family. Of these, VIC was pulled up to the ceiling price and matched nearly 9.2 million units. Vingroup shares have increased sharply in recent times, thereby the market capitalization of this “giant” has also continuously increased and is currently ranked second among organizations listed on the three stock exchanges.

In addition, VHM increased by 1.38% and VRE increased by 1.02%. On May 14, VinSpeed ​​High-Speed ​​Railway Investment and Development Joint Stock Company announced that it had registered to invest in the North-South high-speed railway project. The company expects to start construction before December 2025 and operate the entire route before December 2030. The project proposed by VinSpeed ​​has a total investment of more than 1.5 million billion VND (about 61.35 billion USD), excluding compensation and resettlement support costs.

On the morning of May 19, 2025, in Dong Anh district, Hanoi , Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Tu Lien Bridge and the road at both ends of the bridge. The construction contractor is a consortium of Pacific Construction Group (China), VinGroup and a number of other partners.

VIC was the stock that had the best impact on the VN-Index, contributing 4.85 points. VHM and VRE contributed 0.68 points and 0.11 points, respectively. In addition, stocks such as GEE, VPB, KBC and CII also increased in price, helping to support the general market. GEE and CII were pulled up to the ceiling price. KBC increased by 3.48%.

Ho Chi Minh City is expected to have two important meetings with the Trump Group this week, to promote investment cooperation and survey the proposed location for the construction of Trump Tower in Thu Thiem.

On the other hand, a series of stocks such as LPB, FPT , VJC, STB, PLX... were in red and put great pressure on the general market. LPB fell by 3.8%. Today is the ex-dividend date for LPB to pay a cash dividend of 25%. VPL fell sharply by 3% and put the greatest pressure on the general market when it took away 1.22 points from the VN-Index. The securities group also recorded a negative trading session. BSI shares fell by 3%, VDS fell by 2.95%, FTS fell by 2.9%, HCM fell by 2.8%.

Foreign investors trade strongly in Vin stocks

Market liquidity improved slightly compared to the previous session. Total transaction value on HoSE reached VND22,391 billion, up 8%. Of which, order matching transactions accounted for VND19,627 billion, up 2%. Transaction values ​​on HNX and UPCoM reached VND947 billion and VND545 billion, respectively.

Foreign investors continued to net sell VND562 billion on the HoSE. This capital flow net sold the most VHM code with VND1,005 billion. Next, GEX and MSN were net sold VND126 billion and VND115 billion respectively. In the opposite direction, VIC was the strongest net bought with VND175 billion. MBB was behind and was net bought VND148 billion.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/vingroup-vuon-len-top-2-von-hoa-thanh-khoan-thi-truong-cai-thien-nhe-d286606.html