All indexes finish in negative territory.
Unfavorable movements in the region made investors on Vietnam’s stock market more cautious on December 10 and indexes lost ground. One positive was demand, which stemmed the decline.
The VN-Index closed at 955.89 points, down 2.70 points (0.28 per cent), while elsewhere on HSX the VN30-Index finished at 922.82 points, down 6.77 points (0.73 per cent).
On HNX, the HNX-Index closed at 106.82 points, down 0.32 points (0.30 per cent), the HNX30-Index 193.44 points, down 0.91 points (0.47 per cent), and the UPCoM-Index 53.34 points, down 0.44 points (0.82 per cent).
Liquidity on HSX was VND2.8 trillion ($120.2 billion) and on HNX was VND432.8 billion ($18.6 million).
Food and beverage stocks to gain ground included TLG, DQC, BHN, VNM and SAB, by 2.4, 1.9, 1.2, 0.8 and 0.3 per cent, as KDC lost 1.6 per cent and VCF closed at its opening price.
In banking, MSN gained 1.2 per cent and TCB 0.9 per cent, as TPB lost 2.1 per cent, MBB 1.8 per cent, SSI 1.3 per cent, EIB 0.7 per cent, VCB 0.5 per cent, and VPB 0.2 per cent. BID closed at its opening price.
In energy, PVD rose 2.8 per cent, GAS 1.5 per cent, and PLX 0.5 per cent, as NT2 lost 1.7 per cent and PPC 1.3 per cent. PGD closed at its opening price.
The Top 5 shares bought by foreign investors were VNM, BID, KBC, MSN and VSC.
HPG was the largest net sold share on HSX, followed by VIC, VJC, GAS and SSI.
VC3 was the largest net sold share on HNX, followed by PVS, PVB, VGC and PTI.
On UPCoM, foreign investors bought 30,300 shares worth VND4.38 billion ($188,400).
They net brought on HSX by VND41.12 billion ($1.77 million) and net sold on HNX by VND6.62 billion ($284,765).
Huyen Thanh report on Vneconomictimes