An investor looks at stock prices on a smartphone at a brokerage in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index fell 1.42% to 1,210.30 points Wednesday for the second session in a row.
The index closed 17.49 points lower after dropping 13.65 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 20% to VND19.465 trillion (US$753.3 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 22 tickers fell, with FPT of tech giant FPT Corporation hitting floor price.
BCM of Becamex Investment went down 5.3% and GVR of Vietnam Rubber Group closed 3.7% lower.
Eight blue chips gained. VJC of budget airline Vietjet rose 2.5%, TPB of private TPBank saw a 1.2% increase, and SHB of Saigon Hanoi Commercial Bank was up 0.8%.
Foreign investors were net seller to the tune of VND273 billion, mainly selling FPT and MWG of electronics retail chain Mobile World.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, fell 0.40%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went down 0.74%.
