Session on April 16, VN-Index decreased more than 17 points

On the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, in the morning session, profit-taking pressure still occurred initially but not too strongly. The notable point in this session was that stocks increased and decreased in price within a narrow range, so the VN-Index did not fluctuate strongly, only less than 10 points, at its highest increase it was more than 6 points thanks to the support of large stocks. However, at the end of the morning trading session, the VN-Index decreased slightly, down 0.56 points, temporarily stopping at 1,227.23 points.

Many large-cap stocks decreased in price. Screenshot

In the afternoon session, selling pressure suddenly increased sharply, especially in large stocks, pushing the index representing the floor down more than 20 points at times. Towards the end of the session, the market decreased slowly.

At the end of the session, VN-Idnex decreased by 17.49 points (-1.42%), to 1,210.3 points; VN30-Index was at 1,293.25 points after decreasing by 17.51 ​​points (-1.34%).

Red dominated the electronic trading board with 319 stocks decreasing in price and only 153 stocks increasing in price. Notably, in the VN30 group, the number of stocks decreasing in price was nearly 3 times higher than the number increasing in price (22 stocks and 8 stocks).

The market fell sharply as key stocks performed poorly. Of the 10 stocks with the largest market capitalization, none were in the green. FPT, the 8th largest stock in the market, hit the floor, taking the most points off the VN-Index with nearly 2.7 points.

Next is real estate stock VIC, the second largest code, down 3.69% to take more than 2.3 points. The code with the largest market capitalization is VCB, taking 1.4 points.

In terms of industry groups, most industries decreased; in which, real estate, vehicles and components, and software were the industries that decreased by more than 2%. In industries that went against the market, hardware and healthcare increased positively, respectively 2.7% and 1.66%.

Liquidity reached nearly 19,500 billion VND. Foreign investors were net sellers. They bought nearly 2,198 billion VND and sold over 2,470 billion VND.

On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the total transfer value reached over VND1,000 billion. Closing the session, the HNX-Index stopped at 209.41 points, down 0.83 points (-0.4%); the HNX30-Index was at 411.28 points, down 1.3 points (-0.31%).

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/phien-ngay-16-4-vn-index-giam-hon-17-diem-699151.html