The stock market is poised to enter a phase of limited supportive information leading up to the 2024 Lunar New Year, with several emerging risk factors that could impact the overall market trend.

Large-cap stocks faced profit-taking, leading to a decline in share prices on Friday across both national exchanges, following two consecutive sessions of market advancement.

Thursday's trading session concluded on a positive note, primarily driven by the strong performance of financial and securities stocks.

Listed companies’ earnings growth is expected to recover from zero last year to 10-15 per cent this year, but with a wide variation between sectors, according to Michael Kokalari, a chartered financial analyst and chief economist at VinaCapital.

Benchmark indices were mixed on Wednesday, with the VN-Index rebounding from losses of the previous session.

Tuesday's market witnessed a subdued atmosphere as the weight of declining large-cap stocks exerted pressure on overall trading activities.

The HCM Stock Exchange (HoSE) has announced that as of December 29, 2023, there had been 42 enterprises with capitalisation of over US$1 billion listed on the HoSE.