Markets buoyed by Sabeco news

Markets buoyed by Sabeco news

Investors follows transactions at Sài Gòn Securities Inc (SSI) in Hà Nội. - VNS Photo Việt Thanh

HÀ NỘI — Shares performed well on the HCM Stock Exchange on Tuesday on the efforts of energy and beverage stocks following news about the State’s divestment from largest brewer Sabeco and a jump in oil prices.

The benchmark VN Index gained  一.0 七 per cent to close at  九 二 七. 二 五 points, rebounding from the previous sharp fall of  二. 四 二 per cent.

More than  二 四 三 million shares were traded on the southern exchange, worth VNĐ 五. 八 trillion (US$ 二 五 八. 三 million).

The figures posted a quarter increase in trading volume and a  二 七 per cent rise in trading value compared to Monday.

The market’s rebound was attributed to the growth of the energy and beverage sectors, which were lifted by brewer Sabeco (SAB), dairy producer Vinamilk (VNM), PetroVietnam Gas (GAS) and PetroVietnam Drilling and Well Services (PVD).

The two energy shares, GAS and PVD, increased by  四. 六 per cent and  六. 七 per cent, respectively, boosting the energy industry index up  三. 六 per cent, data on news site vietstock.vn showed.

The sharp rise came after Brent crude added nearly  一 per cent to rise above $ 六 五 a barrel for the first time since  二0 一 五 following the shutdown of the Forties North Sea pipeline.

Sabeco shares advanced  六. 八 per cent – hitting its daily increasing margin – after the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on Monday announced Vietnam Beverage Co Ltd had registered to purchase at least  二 五 per cent of Sabeco shares at the firm’s coming stake sale on December  一 八.

Sabeco is seen as Việt Nam’s largest brewer with the Government, through the MoIT, holding more than half of the company’s capital.

The news also helped pull up dairy producer Vinamilk shares by  一. 八 per cent. Vinamilk is also another large-cap firm in which the Government is holding the controlling stake.

In addition, the large-cap group recovered after having traded in the negative side for most of Tuesday’s session.

Eighteen of the  三0 largest stocks by market capitalisation in the VN 三0 Index advanced, lifting the large-cap index by 0. 七 二 per cent to  九 一 四. 八 二 points from its intraday low level of  八 八 三. 五 二 points.

On the Hà Nội Stock Exchange, the HNX Index fell 0. 七 八 per cent to end at  一 一0. 九 一 points, recouping some of its loss from the intraday low level of  一0 六. 八 四 points.

More than  九0. 五 million shares were traded on the northern bourse, worth VNĐ 一. 二 八 trillion.

According to Bảo Việt Securities (BVSC), the flow of money was not distributed fairly among all sectors and focused only on large-cap stocks, thus, lifting both the large-cap group and the stock market.

“The market’s overall selling pressure remained high and we are doubtful that the stock market would make it back to its upward trend at the moment,” BVSC said in a note, adding that the benchmark VN Index could fall further to the range of  八 九 五- 九00 points. — VNS