An investor points at stock prices on a screen at a brokerage in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index fell 0.26% to 1,272.72 points Monday.
The index closed 3.36 points lower after gaining 5.73 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange increased by 19% to VND17.666 trillion (US$693.3 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 19 tickers fell.
MSN of conglomerate Masan Group dropped 2.5%, MWG of electronics retail chain Mobile World slid 2.0%, and BVH of insurance company Bao Viet Holdings closed 1.5% lower.
Nine blue chips rose, with SHB of Saigon Hanoi Commercial Bank going up by 1.9%.
SSB of SeABank gained 1.8% and VJC of budget airline Vietjet saw a 0.8% increase.
Foreign investors were net seller to the tune of VND601 billion, mainly selling MWG and FPT of IT giant FPT Corporation.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.85%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went up 1.07%.
