At the end of the week (from August 5 to 9), VN-Index decreased by 1.05%, closing at 1,223.64 points; HNX-Index decreased by 0.94% to 229.38 points.

Tech stocks helped the market gain while banking stocks had a negative impact.

GAS, FPT, VHM, MSN, MWG are the stocks that increased significantly last week. Foreign investors continued to net sell nearly 4,000 billion VND.

Order matching liquidity decreased slightly by 1.74% compared to last week, remaining lower than the average of the last 20 trading weeks.

The Lao Dong newspaper quoted comments from several securities companies about next week's trends: