VN-Index successfully surpassed the 1,300 point mark, the number of newly opened accounts was the highest in 4 months

The stock market in February 2025, in addition to surpassing the psychological threshold of 1,300 points, also recorded a month with the number of newly opened securities accounts of approximately 150,000 accounts, the highest in the past 4 months.

The stock market in February 2025, in addition to surpassing the psychological threshold of 1,300 points, also recorded a month with the number of newly opened securities accounts of approximately 150,000 accounts, the highest in the past 4 months.

According to information from the Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (VSDC), the number of net opened securities accounts, calculated by the difference between newly opened and closed accounts, reached 149,991 accounts in February 2025. Of which, domestic individual investors opened a net 149,802 accounts.

This is also the highest number of new openings in the past 4 months. The number of net new securities accounts opened in the whole market in general and by domestic individual investors in particular has increased again after reaching a one-year low last month with 80,516 new accounts opened.

In addition to the domestic individual group, domestic organizations opened a net of 62 new securities accounts in February, 19 more than in January 2025. In total, domestic investors opened 149,863 new accounts in February 2025, bringing the total number of domestic investor accounts to more than 9.48 million securities accounts. In the first two months of 2025, domestic investors opened 230,421 new accounts, 3.3% lower than the same period last year.

Meanwhile, foreign investors opened 128 new securities accounts in February 2025, down 32 accounts compared to the previous month. Of which, foreign individual investors opened 126 new accounts; while foreign organizations opened 2 new accounts. In the first 2 months of the year, foreign investors opened 288 new accounts. To date, there have been 48,068 foreign investor securities accounts in Vietnam.

Number of new securities accounts opened monthly in the last 6 years.

In total, the Vietnamese stock market is recording more than 9.5 million securities trading accounts. Newly opened accounts increased sharply again in the context of more positive developments in the Vietnamese stock market in February 2022. The VN-Index has surpassed the psychological mark of 1,300 points. At the end of February 2025, the VN-Index reached 1,305.36 points, VNAllshare reached 1,364.65 points and VN30 reached 1,356.43 points. Compared to the end of January 2025, the VN-Index, VNAllshare, and VN30 increased by 3.19%, 2.37% and 1.41% respectively.

Not only did it surpass the important psychological threshold, market liquidity also recorded a new step forward. The average trading volume on HoSE reached more than 659 million shares/day with an average trading value of more than VND 15,782 billion/day, an increase of 47.39% in volume and 39.21% in value compared to January 2025.

Trading was also more active in the listed stock market on HNX with both stock prices and liquidity increasing. The HNX Index closed at 239.19 points, up 7.25% compared to January 2025. The average trading volume reached 65.4 million shares/session, up 37% and the average trading value reached VND 1,063.1 billion/session, up 40% compared to the previous month. In particular, the trading session on February 19, 2025 recorded the highest trading value of the month with VND 1,610 billion traded.

The average total transaction value on the three exchanges reached VND17,860 billion in February 2025. Of which, the transaction value of foreign investors in February 2025 accounted for more than 10.86% of the total transaction value of the entire market. Foreign investors made net sales during the month with a value of more than VND9,533 billion. Meanwhile, individual investors net bought VND9,049.6 billion, domestic institutional investors net bought VND1,575 billion and self-trading net sold VND1,033 billion.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/vn-index-thanh-cong-vuot-moc-1300-diem-so-luong-tai-khoan-mo-moi-cao-nhat-4-thang-d251376.html