VN-Index lost 48.53 points in the saddest day of the Asian stock market

08/05/2024 15:57 Nhat Linh Print article

ANTD.VN - With a decrease of 48.53 points, VN-Index today recorded the sharpest decrease since mid-April.

August 5, 2024 was one of the saddest days for the Asian stock market. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index witnessed a dizzying drop of 4,451.28 points, a record drop in the history of the country's stock market.

Like a domino effect, other stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region also plunged. Taiwan's Taiex index fell more than 8%; South Korea's KOSPI also lost more than 8% and the market had to temporarily suspend trading...

In Vietnam, the market was also red. At the opening of the trading session, the indices fell freely, VN-Index lost 20 points right after the ATO session.

At the end of the morning session, VN-Index decreased by 24.38 points (-1.97%) to 1,212.22 points. HNX-Index also decreased sharply by 4.28 points (-1.85%) to 227.28 points. UPCoM-Index decreased by 1.77 points (-1.89%) to 92.00 points.

Stock market starts new week with negative results

If in the morning session, investors still tried to hold on, even though the index dropped sharply but liquidity was only at less than 6,500 billion VND on the 3 floors, then in the afternoon session, the selling pressure became massive when the Asian market became increasingly negative.

A series of stocks turned from red to blue. In the VN30 group, 24/30 stocks decreased by more than 3%, of which, GVR hit the floor; VRE, HDB decreased by more than 6%; TPB, TCB, SHB, SSI decreased by more than 5%.

The group of securities stocks decreased the most with a general decrease of nearly 5%. Many codes hit the floor or touched the floor such as: VND, VDS, TCI, HCM, VCI, MBS, SSI...

Among the banking group's pillar stocks, only EIB maintained its green color, the rest all fell quite deeply, causing the index of this industry group to fall by more than 3.5%. The real estate group also had a similar decrease, over 3.5%.

At the end of the session, VN-Index decreased by 48.53 points (-3.92%) to 1,188.07 points. This is the sharpest decrease of this index after the nearly 60-point decrease on April 15, 2024. On the HOSE floor, there were 448 stocks decreasing, of which 91 stocks hit the floor, only 24 stocks increased.

HNX-Index today also decreased by 8.85 points (-3.82%) to 222.71 points. On HNX, there were 171 stocks decreasing, of which 19 stocks hit the floor, 33 stocks increased.

UPCoM-Index decreased 2.99 points (-3.18%) to 90.79 points.

The sell-off also triggered the bottom-fishing cash flow. The trading value in the afternoon session increased sharply, bringing the total matched value on the three floors to nearly VND26,500 billion. Foreign investors today turned to net sell more than VND850 billion.

Source: https://www.anninhthudo.vn/vn-index-mat-4853-diem-trong-ngay-buon-nhat-cua-thi-truong-chung-khoan-chau-a-post585142.antd