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 0.15% to 1,321.88 points Friday as trading hit a 3-week low.
The index closed 2.05 points lower after dropping 0.70 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 14% to VND16.960 trillion (US$662.4 million), its lowest in three weeks.
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 16 tickers dropped.
TPB of private TPBank slipped 3.0%, LPB of Fortune Vietnam Bank went down 2.1%, and GAS of state-owned Petrovietnam Gas closed 1.3% lower.
Ten blue chips gained. VIC of private conglomerate Vingroup rose 2.9%, FPT of tech giant FPT Corporation and TPB saw a 2.4% gain, and VHM of property giant Vinhomes was up 1.9%.
Foreign investors were net seller to the tune of VND951 billion, mainly selling VHM and HPG of steelmaker Hoa Phat Group.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.02%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went up 0.15%.
