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 0.61% to 1,326.27 points Thursday after five consecutive days in the green.
The index closed 8.1 points lower after gaining 1.9 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange increased by 12% to VND24.49 trillion (US$960 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 19 tickers fell.
VIC of private conglomerate Vingroup led with a 6.9% surge, followed by VRE of retail real estate arm Vincom Retail, up 2.7%.
MSN of conglomerate Masan Group gained 2.5% and VHM of property giant Vinhomes closed 1.8% higher.
Nineteen blue chips fell. PLX of fuel distributor Petrolimex dropped 2.8%, and BCM of Becamex Investment and Industrial Development declined by 2.2%.
Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND152 billion, mainly buying VIC of private conglomerate Vingroup and SSI of brokerage SSI Securities Corporation.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, fell 0.23%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went down 0.29%.
