IPO
news too late to impact trades
(05-12-2007)
HA NOI — Information
released yesterday about Vietcombank’s initial public offering may have hit
too late in the day to greatly affect morning trading on the HCM City stock
exchange, with the market only managing to increase a nominal 0.95 points, or
0.09 per cent, to close at 988.91.
However, value was over
VND1 trillion (US$62.3 million), up 24 per cent over Monday’s trading, on a
volume of 9.47 million shares, a 14 per cent increase.
"The strong increase
in trading volume and value yesterday is a signal that the upward trend of the
stock market is about to be consolidated," said Vo Ngoc Huy, an analyst
with the Sacombank Securities Co. "The VN-Index increase, though marginal,
is to some extent more positive than an unstable surge."
On December 11 and 18,
Vietcombank will hold conferences in Ha Noi and HCM City to introduce the bank
to potential investors, with the news trailing out that the bank’s
long-awaited IPO would take place on December 26, with shares to be offered at
an initial price of VND100,000.
An official announcement
was expected later in the week, with positive impacts on the stock market
expected to register in trading today.
A number of blue chip
shares, meanwhile, performed well in yesterday’s trading, with General
Forwarding and Agency Corporation (GMD) rising 2.16 per cent to close at
VND142,000 and Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Corporation (REE) rising
2.07 per cent to close at VND148,000. Phu My Fertilisers (DPM) rose for the
third consecutive session, closing up modestly at VND79,500.
Idico Urban and Housing
Development (UIC) was the day’s biggest loser, falling 3.21 per cent to close
at VND151,000 with only 84,450 shares traded.
At the Ha Noi Securities
Trading Centre, the HASTC-Index closed at 349.50, up 1.26 per cent. Trading
value was VND529.7 billion ($33 million) on a volume of 5.6 million shares, the
highest level in the past three weeks.
Recently listed Song Da
9.09 (S99) was the biggest gainer, rising 6 per cent to close at VND388,400 per
share on a volume of 28,200 shares traded. — VNS