Viglacera to list shares on southern bourse

The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) has approved the listing of the State-owned glass and construction ceramics producer Viglacera on the southern bourse.
Viglacera to list shares on southern bourse ảnh 1A worker checking the quality of Cotto floor tiles at Viglacera Halong JSC in the northern province of Quang Ninh (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - TheHo Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) has approved the listing of the State-ownedglass and construction ceramics producer Viglacera on the southern bourse.

Viglacera will list 448 millionshares on the southern market with the code VGC – the same ticker it has on theHanoi Stock Exchange (HNX).

The total value of the listed shares is 4.48trillion VND (194 million USD).

The HoSE listing will help Viglacera increaseits stock liquidity and facilitate the Ministry of Construction’s sale ofits 54 per cent stake in the firm during the first quarter of this year.

The change of listing will also help Viglacera’sshares attract more attention from investors.

In 2018, the company earned 600 billion VND (26million USD) in pre-tax profit, up 6 percent against 2017.

On January 4, VGC shares on the HNX endedtrading up 1.15 percent, settling at 17,600 VND per share.

Viglacera was established in 1974 under adecision by the Ministry of Construction. In 2014, the company was equitisedwith a charter capital of 2.64 trillion VND (114.3 million USD).-VNA
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