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FPT Retail appoints second deputy general director

The Saigon Times

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HCMC – FPT Digital Retail Joint Stock Company (FRT Retail, ticker: FRT) has named Nguyen Do Quyen as deputy general director for a three-year term, effective from October 1.

Quyen, 43, holds a bachelor’s degree in finance. She has been with FPT Retail since 2014, serving as chief operations director until 2018. Since 2019, she has been chief executive officer, overseeing business development and category management for the Long Chau pharmacy chain.

With this appointment, FPT Retail now has two deputy general directors, the other being Nguyen Viet Anh. Hoong Trung Kien will continue serving as general director.

In the first half of this year, FPT Retail reported consolidated revenue of nearly VND18.3 trillion, increasing 22% year-on-year. The firm’s pre-tax profit reached VND161 billion, surpassing the annual target of VND125 billion by 28%.

Closing the trading session today, October 2, FRT moved sideways with a slight decline of 0.06%, edging down by VND100 to VND177,000 per share, with a trading volume of 357,400 shares.

The VN-Index closed down by 0.34% on Wednesday, losing 4.36 points to end at 1,287.84 points, with 96 stocks rising and 299 others falling.

Trading volume and value decreased 21.5% and 19% over the previous session, with 771.1 million shares valued at VND17.7 trillion changing hands. Block deals accounted for 93.3 million shares worth VND2.8 trillion.

The real estate and construction stocks saw the sharpest declines. Property developer PDR dropped by 5.57% to VND21,200 per share while DXG slid by 4.79% to VND15,900 per share.

DIG, PDR, and DXG were among the most traded stocks, with DIG recording a volume of 20.54 million shares, despite a 2.18% decrease to VND22,400.

In the securities sector, ORS was the only gainer, rising by 3.55% to VND14,600 per share on a volume of 12.67 million shares. VIX posted a high trading volume of 21.6 million shares, though it slipped by 1.21% to VND12,200 per share.

Bank stocks attracted investors, with VPB taking the lead by liquidity on the southern market at 37.58 million shares, followed by TPB at 33.12 million and TCB at 28.21 million shares. SHB, MSB, and MBB also saw strong volumes, with around 13 million shares traded each.

On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index dropped one point, or 0.42%, to 235.05 points, with 61 advancers and 89 decliners. The northern market saw 57.9 million shares valued at VND1.15 trillion changing hands.

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