An investor looks at stock prices on the screens at a brokerage in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index fell 0.04% to 1,226.30 points Tuesday, remaining stable before a five-day holiday.
The index closed 0.50 points lower after dropping 2.43 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange increased by 10% to VND15.53 trillion (US$597 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 17 tickers fell.
SAB of brewer Sabeco plunged 6.1%, followed by VJC of budget airline Vietjet with a 3.5% decline.
BCM of Becamex Investment and Industrial Development dropped 1.3% and SSB of SeABank closed 1.1% lower.
Eight blue chips bucked the trend.
VRE of retail real estate arm Vincom Retail gained 2.4%, and TCB of private lender Techcombank increased by 1.2%.
Foreign investors were net sellers to the tune of VND256 billion, mainly selling VIC of private conglomerate Vingroup and SAB of brewer Sabeco.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.23%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went up 0.19%.
Vietnam markets will resume on Monday with a new trading system built in collaboration with the Korean Stock Exchange.
