HCMC – Development Investment Construction JSC (HOSE: DIG) has received approval from the State Securities Commission of Vietnam to launch a public offering of 150 million shares.
The company said on September 23 that it would distribute the shares within 90 days from the effective date of the certificate of offering registration.
As initially planned, DIG will sell the 150 million shares to existing shareholders at VND12,000 each, aiming to raise around VND1.8 trillion.
Shareholders can buy 232 new shares for every 1,000 shares held and the sale is scheduled to take place from the third quarter of 2025 to the first quarter of 2026, pending regulatory approval.
On the stock market, DIG lost VND200, or 0.78%, to close today at VND25,300. Trading volume totaled more than 28.4 million shares, putting its market capitalization at VND16,354.71 billion.
The VN-Index rose 8.63 points, or 0.52%, to close at 1,666.09 points, with 188 gainers and 126 decliners. Market liquidity totaled nearly 995.6 million shares worth VND27.8 trillion, unchanged from the previous session. Block deals contributed 80.7 million shares worth VND2.85 trillion.
Vingroup-related stocks VIC and VHM drove the afternoon rally. VIC surged 6% to a record high of VND158,000, while VHM added 1.5% to close at its intraday high of VND99,500.
Most other VN30 stocks fluctuated around 1% either side, with the basket rising more than five points. However, decliners outnumbered advancers by 17 to 12.
Mid-cap and small-cap stocks, especially in the real estate and public investment sectors, caught investors’ interest. Construction firm HHV hit the ceiling price with over 43.5 million shares traded and more than four million shares left unmatched on the buy side.
Banking and securities stocks, however, edged down. SHB led the banking sector by liquidity with nearly 62 million shares changing hands and closed flat. In the stock brokerage group, VND and SSI recorded the highest liquidity, at 26.8 million and 26 million shares, respectively, and fell 1.1% and 0.6%.
At the close, the HNX-Index inched up 0.37 point, or 0.13%, to 277.65 points, with 96 winners and 56 losers. Trading volume reached over 93 million shares worth VND2.02 trillion, including block deals of 6.74 million shares valued at VND107.5 billion.
