Negativity dominated the stock market right from the opening of the first session of the week, selling pressure weighed heavily on pillar stocks, causing the VN-Index to continuously plummet. Most industry groups were dominated by red.

The big stocks in the banking group are the burden of the market, for example TCB, BID, VCB, CTG. In terms of industry groups, the real estate group is the most negative when losing 2.46%, especially the trio of Vingroup stocks: VIC, VHM, VRE.

At the end of the morning session on August 5, VN-Index decreased by 24.38 points, equivalent to 1.97% to 1,212.22 points. The entire floor had 38 stocks increasing and 395 stocks decreasing.

In the afternoon session, the selling pressure became more intense, causing the VN-Index to break the psychological mark of 1,200 points. The electronic board was dyed red, and many stocks even fell to the floor price.

At the end of the trading session on August 5, VN-Index decreased by 48.53 points, equivalent to 3.92% to 1,188.07 points. The entire floor had only 24 stocks increasing but 448 stocks decreasing, 25 stocks remaining unchanged.

HNX-Index decreased by 8.85 points to 222.71 points. The entire floor had 33 stocks increasing, 171 stocks decreasing and 24 stocks remaining unchanged. UPCoM-Index decreased by 3.16 points to 90.6 points.

The "culprits" in today's session came from the banking group, in which VCB and BID led the market's decline, taking away a total of 4.8 points. TCB, CTG, VPB were also in the top 10 stocks that negatively affected the market, taking away a total of 5.2 points. The entire industry was in red, with EVF falling to the floor at VND11,350/share. However, there were still some headwinds such as EIB slightly increasing by 0.28%, SGB referenced, and TIN notably increasing to the ceiling.

The chemical group was dominated by light blue, with the codes GVR, AAA, APH, RDP, BFC, CSV, ABS, HII, DAG, TRC. Of which, GVR decreased by 6.96% to VND30,100/share and took away more than 2.2 points from the VN-Index.

Similarly, the codes NKG, TLH, SMC, HSV, VCA in the steel group also fell to the floor. Although the giant HPG did not hit the floor, it still took away more than 2 points from the market, ending the session down 4.77% to VND25,950/share.

The technology group was not doing much better, with 6 codes hitting the floor: CMG, CT8, ITD, UNI, KST, CKV. Technology giant FPT also fell 3.73% to VND118,600/share and took away 1.7 points from the market. Most of the remaining codes ended the session in red.

The total order matching value in today's session was VND26,500 billion, up 29% compared to the previous day, of which the order matching value on the HoSE floor reached VND23,782 billion. In the VN30 group, liquidity reached VND12,819 billion.

Foreign investors net sold 731 billion VND in today's session, of which they disbursed 1,979 billion VND and sold 2,710 billion VND.

The codes that were sold strongly were HPG 232 billion VND, FPT 89 VND, MWG 81 billion VND, STB 79 VND, SSI 70 billion VND,... On the contrary, the codes that were mainly bought were VNM 192 billion VND, VCB 94 billion VND, HVN 63 billion VND, MSN 48 billion VND, BCM 26 billion VND...