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 the trend next week: