VN-Index lost 42 points, the market was in red

At the close of trading today (August 22), VN-Index decreased by 42.53 points (-2.52%) to 1,645.47 points. VN30 decreased by 60.89 points (-3.25%) to 1,814.02 points, HNX-Index decreased by 11.91 points (4.19%) to 272.48 points, UPCoM-Index decreased by 1.32 points (1.19%) to 109.26 points.

Order matching liquidity on the three exchanges reached 68,000 billion VND, with the VN30 group alone accounting for nearly half.

On HOSE, the selling side completely dominated with the number of stocks decreasing nearly 4 times the number of stocks increasing. The whole market recorded 664 stocks decreasing (of which 51 stocks hit the floor), 205 stocks increasing and 182 stocks remaining unchanged.

The VN30 basket had 26 stocks decreasing, while only 4 stocks increased. Of which, BID and DGC both increased by 2.2%, VIB and VCB remained green by 0.9% and 0.6% respectively. On the contrary, many large-cap stocks fell sharply, VPB, GVR andSHB hit the floor. Other bluechips such as TCB, ACB, HPG, BCM, MBB, SSB, VJC also lost more than 4% to more than 6%.

A series of hot stocks recently such as VPB, BSR, SHB, TCB, TPB, MBB,ACB ... all turned down sharply. Some stocks that hit the ceiling in the previous session have hit the floor this session.

Foreign investors continued to net sell more than 1,500 billion VND on all 3 exchanges. This is the 12th consecutive session that foreign investors have sold off stocks on the Vietnamese stock market, with a total value of more than 17,000 billion VND.

Of which, HOSE net sold nearly 1,350 billion VND, focusing on selling HPG (-1,042 billion VND), VPB (-325 billion VND), STB (-109 billion VND). On the contrary, VIX and PDR were net bought 182 billion VND and 132 billion VND.

Previously, at the end of this morning's session, VN-Index decreased by 41.94 points (2.48%) to 1,646.06 points, HNX-Index decreased by 11.19 points (3.93%) to 273.2 points, UPCoM-Index decreased by 1.11 points (1%) to 109.47 points.

The entire market recorded 636 red codes, 154 green codes and 158 codes with unchanged prices. On HOSE alone, the selling side dominated with 291 codes decreasing, while only 50 codes increased and 28 codes stood at reference price.

Large-cap stocks also weakened, no longer supporting the market like in previous sessions but becoming the focus of the index's decline. VN30-Index ended the morning session down more than 63 points, the VN30 basket had only 2 green codes, BID and VCB, up 2.8% and 1.9% respectively.

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