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 slid 0.3% from its all-time peak earlier in the session to close Monday at 1,596.86.
The index reached a record high of 1,602 in the morning and, at the end of the day, was up 11.91 points from Friday’s closing.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by nearly 8% to VND45.273 trillion (US$1.73 billion).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 21 tickers gained, with MSN of conglomerate Masan Group hitting its ceiling price.
GVR of Vietnam Rubber Group rose 6.5% while SSI of brokerage SSI Securities Corporation was up 5.6%.
Nine blue chips fell. VRE of retail real estate arm Vincom Retail dropped 2.2%, VHM of property giant Vinhomes went down 1.4% and VIC of private conglomerate Vingroup closed 1.3% lower.
Foreign investors were net seller to the tune of VND622 billion, mainly selling HPG of steelmaker Hoa Phat Group and FPT of tech giant FPT Corporation.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 1.47%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went up 0.65%.
