An investor points at stock prices on a screen at a brokerage in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index fell 0.99% to 1,207.07 points Monday.
The index closed 12.05 points lower after gaining 1.87 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 14% to VND18.641 trillion (US$720.5 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 19 tickers fell.
VIC of conglomerate Vingroup hit floor price with a maximum 7% drop.
GVR of Vietnam Rubber Group slid by 3.3% and VJC of budget airline Vietjet closed 2.9% lower.
Nine blue chips gained. STB of Ho Chi Minh City-based lender Sacombank went up 4.9%, SHB of Saigon Hanoi Commercial Bank rose 2.72% and TPB of private TPBank was up 2.65%.
Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND171 billion, mainly buying VIC and FPT of tech giant FPT Corporation.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, fell 0.76%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went down 0.45%.
