US consumer sentiment was more optimistic in December after inflation in the US cooled down. Economic growth in this country also increased higher than forecast, reaching 2.9% in the third quarter. Meanwhile, the latest figures show that Americans are spending more despite inflation still remaining. At a high level. Gasoline prices in the US have decreased after rising to a record high, helping to lift user sentiment.
The USD price has just experienced a consecutive week of falling prices. The central exchange rate USD/VND decreased by 0.01% compared to last week, reaching 23,657 VND/USD. On the interbank market, the commercial bank exchange rate was traded at VND 23,390/23,700, down 2.26% compared to the previous week. The exchange rate on the free market decreased by 0.98% during the week, currently trading at VND 24,330/24,430, widening the gap compared to the listed market.
World gold prices experienced a volatile week, closing the weekend session at 1,797 USD/ounce equivalent to last week. Domestic gold prices are moving positively and specifically SJC gold price increased by 0.22%the transaction at the buy-in – sell-out mark is 66.25/67.05 million VND/tael. Gold ring price decreased slightly by 0.22% compared to last week.
The stock market has just gone through an adjustment week with strong selling pressure. After a period of boom in both scores and liquidity, the VN-Index decreased 28.2 points (equivalent to 11.2%) to 1,051.8 points. Open-ended stock funds still maintain performance compared to the market, the risk level of the portfolio is always maintained lower than the general market. Among them, BVPF Stock Fund Certificates are having the best performance with an increase of 1.28%.
In the past week, open-ended bond funds maintained stable profits with positive rates of return. Among them, VFF bond fund certificates are having the best performance (7.73%).
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