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April 2026 on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) saw the listed stock market operate over 20 trading sessions, with stock price movements showing significant volatility. The HNX Index trended higher in the first three weeks, but its gains reversed afterward and closed the last trading session of the month at 250.66 points, down 0.13% month-on-month. Liquidity eased slightly, with average daily trading volume of 76.5 million shares per session, down 26.97%, and average trading value of 1,399 billion dong per session, down 35.26%. Foreign investors' trading on HNX-listed stocks declined sharply, with total trading value down 67.58% from the previous month. In detail, buying value exceeded 1,188 billion dong and selling value exceeded 894 billion dong, giving a net buying of 294 billion dong. Proprietary trading activity by member securities companies also fell by 71.1% from the prior month, with value above 229 billion dong (accounting for more than 0.8% of the entire market). In line with the foreign buying trend, the proprietary trading by the securities firms bought net more than 29 billion dong. At the end of April 2026, the HNX-listed market consisted of 302 listed companies with total listed value above 191,000 billion dong. The market capitalization at the month-end session stood at over 442,000 billion dong, down 1.12% from March 2026.
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