TOPI NEWSLETTER WEEKLY June 3, 2023

1- Market information

After months of decline, natural gas prices this month in Europe increased by more than 50%, recalling worries about last year’s energy crisis. Data from commodity price research firm ICIS shows that gas futures prices in Europe have increased 52% since the beginning of this month, reaching 35 euros ($38) per megawatt hour on June 16. Analysts told CNN that the price reversal was mainly due to maintenance on key gas plants in Norway lasting longer than expected.

US stocks are once again outperforming other markets. The S&P 500 is up 14% year-to-date this year, better than the 8.5% gain for the “MSCI All Country World ex USA” index, which tracks stocks in developed and emerging markets other than the United States.

On the afternoon of June 24, at the last working session, with 482 delegates in favor (accounting for 97.57% of the delegates), the 15th National Assembly passed the General Resolution of the 5th Session, in which, the resolution to reduce 2% VAT according to Resolution 43/2022. The VAT reduction will be implemented from July 1 to the end of 2023…

2- Gold market

Last week, the world gold market dropped nearly 2%, the lowest in the past 4 months. Closing the trading session at 1,920.2 USD/ounce, down 1.94%. Domestically, SJC gold price fluctuated in the same direction, slightly decreasing by 50,000 – 200,000 VND/tael. Specifically, DOJI Group is listing the buying and selling price of SJC gold at 66.45 – 67.05 million VND/tael. Other types of gold jewelry also adjusted downward during the weekend session.

3- Stock fund certificates

The stock market had a positive trading week. For the whole week, VN-Index increased a total of 14.16 points (1.27%), to 1,129.38 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. In there, VCBF-MGF stock fund certificates are having the best performance from the beginning of 2023 until now at 21.74%.

4- Bond fund certificates

In the past week, bond funds have maintained a stable profit level with a positive rate of return of over 3%. Among them, MAFF bond fund certificates are having the best performance from the beginning of 2023 until now is 4.75%.

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