The bulls, laggards and the IPO leaders: Asean’s markets in four charts

[SINGAPORE] South-east Asia’s stock markets have had a mixed year so far.

After sell-offs triggered by US tariffs hit the region’s top five markets in April, some rebounded strongly while others have yet to regain their footing. The Business Times looks at how the region’s equities markets have performed this year – told through four charts.

Riding the momentum of a market upgrade by FTSE Russell to secondary emerging market status in September, the Vietnamese stock market (VNX) – comprising the flagship Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange and the small-to-mid-cap oriented Hanoi Stock Exchange – has topped returns among the Asean markets.