Even though the market benchmark rebounded in the last two sessions of the week, low liquidity showed that investors remained cautious about the stock market’s outlook. And there is not enough force for long-term recovery.

The State Securities Commission (SSC) has said it will intensify monitoring of the stock market to promptly detect suspicious transactions in the remaining months of the year.

Benchmark indices settled higher on the last trading day of the week as some investors snapped up bargains after recent heavy losses. However, they were set for a weekly loss.

Shares bounced back on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange but liquidity dropped, showing persistent investor caution about the market outlook.

Shares declined for a third day this week with the VN-Index piercing the May-bottom, risking a further slump due to negative investor sentiment.

Stock dividend is a common form on the stock exchanges and after each payment, a large amount of shares are pumped into the market. In July, it is estimated that the market may receive more than 1.6 billion shares.

The Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange has announced the top 10 largest securities companies this year.

Towards the end of June, the stock market was seen to prosper after three sessions of testing bottom in the middle of May. However, there are still many investors arguing whether this rally was just a move to beautify the second quarter portfolio or whether the market really made two rally bottoms.

The stock market settled lower on Tuesday as rising selling pressure hurt sentiment.