VN-Index retreats by nearly 20 points as investors take profits

Vietnam's stock market faced strong profit-taking pressure at the end of the trading session, causing the market to go down, closing at the lowest point on December 12. The VN-Index, from gaining about 10 points in the morning, turned to decrease by nearly 20 points at the end of the session. The losing range in the session was up to 30 points.
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Vietnam’s stock market opened the first session of the week with a good gain, although blue-chip stocks, such as VHM, VIC, VRE, VNM, CTG, and KDH, showed signs of weakening, sliding by 0.5-2 percent.

The rising midcap stocks were the driving force in the morning session. Especially, seafood stocks rallied robustly. Of which, IDI, ANV, and ACL hit the ceiling; other stocks, such as CMS, VHC, and ASM, climbed by 5-6.5 percent.

Besides, construction and real estate stocks also gained positively, with NVL, HPX, HBC, and CTD hitting the ceiling price.

The VN-Index sometimes regained the 1,060-point mark. However, entering the afternoon session, the market cooled down quite quickly. Large-cap stocks continued to decline, putting great pressure on the market, as VIC and KDH fell to the floor.

Towards the end of the session, the electricity board was quickly flooded in red as the selling pressure spread throughout the market. Blue-chip stocks continued to decline sharply in the afternoon session, with VHM plunging 6.65 percent, VRE slashing 6.4 percent, CTG dropping 2.14 percent, TCB cutting 3.72 percent, MBB reducing 2.75 percent, STB declining 4.91 percent, and HDB sinking 3.57 percent, dragging down the VN-Index sharply.

The most sensitive stocks in the market were securities, with many stocks hitting the floor price, such as VCI, CTS, FTS, and VND. Other securities stocks also lost by 5-6 percent, such as SSI, BSI, VIX, and HCM.

Real estate stocks also dropped in the afternoon trading session. Of which, DXG, TDC, KBC, NHA, DIG, and HQC hit the floor; DPG slumped 6.8 percent; ITA destructed 6.3 percent; LDG and NLG both went down 5.5 percent; SCR retreated 5.2 percent. Meanwhile, NVL and HPX still kept the ceiling gain.

In the group of steel stocks, HSG fell to the floor, NKG lost 6.4 percent, and HPG shrank 3.1 percent.

The VN-Index dropped 19.74 points, or 1.88 percent, to close at 1,032.07 points, with 286 losers, 158 gainers, and 53 unchanged stocks. Closing the session on the Hanoi bourse, the HNX-Index also demolished 6.47 points, or 2.98 percent, to 210.53 points, with 105 losers, 72 gainers, and 55 unchanged stocks.

The strong selling in the afternoon made the liquidity increase strongly. The total trading value reached nearly VND18.2 trillion, with the HoSE accounting for VND16.4 trillion.

Although foreign investors sold shares heavily in this session with more than VND1.3 trillion on the HoSE, they still net bought nearly VND335 billion as their total buying value on the HoSE was more than VND1.65 trillion.

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