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 0.01% to 1,326.15 points Friday.
The index closed 0.12 points lower after dropping 8.14 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 6% to VND23.043 trillion (US$902.9 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw nine tickers fell.
FPT of IT giant FPT Corporation saw a 3.7% decline, LPB of Fortune Vietnam Bank slipped 1.0%, and BVH of insurance company Bao Viet Holdings dropped 0.9%.
Fifteen blue chips gained. SHB of Saigon Hanoi Commercial Bank rose 7.0%, VPB of private lender VPBank went up 1.8%, and VIC of private conglomerate Vingroup closed 1.6% higher.
Foreign investors were net seller to the tune of VND228 billion, mainly selling FPT and DBC of meat producer Dabaco Group.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.59%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went up 0.32%.
