VN-Index increased nearly 10 points thanks to foreign capital flow

VN-Index increased nearly 10 points in the session of August 2 thanks to foreign money actively pouring into food stocks, typically VNM absorbed a net 300 billion VND and MSN absorbed 61 billion VND.

After the VN-Index made a strong correction in the first trading session of August, the stock market entered today's session, August 2, with increased caution. The VN-Index moved below the reference throughout the morning session and at one point lost more than 17 points, falling close to the 1,210 point mark.

However, at the end of the afternoon session, strong demand helped the index gradually widen its increase range before closing at 1,236.6 points, up 9.64 points compared to the reference.

Today, the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange had 267 stocks gaining points, outnumbering the number of stocks falling by 160. The VN30 basket contributed positively to the excitement when 22 stocks closed above the reference and only 6 stocks fell.

Of which, BID accumulated 2.03% compared to the reference, up to 47,750 VND, becoming the main driving force for the market. Other codes in this group that strongly affected the VN-Index included TCB up 2.17% to 23,500 VND, MBB up 1.71% to 23,800 VND, SSB up 2.96% to 22,600 VND and VPB up 1.08% to 18,750 VND.

Green also covered the stock group, especially the leading codes. Specifically, BSI hit the ceiling at 43,100 VND and closed with no sellers. Next, AGR increased by 4.9% to 17,000 VND, VDS increased by 4.6% to 20,350 VND.

Fertilizer stocks joined the market's excitement as all stocks closed in the green. Of which, BFC increased by 3.9% to VND46,700, DCM increased by 3.4% to VND36,850, DPM increased by 1.6% to VND35,000 and DGC increased by 1% to VND107,100.

VCB went against the market trend when it fell 2.21% to VND88,700 and became the stock with the most negative impact on the VN-Index. The construction group also recorded a negative status when HBC hit the floor to VND5,510 and closed with no buyers. CTD in this group decreased by 1.2% to VND63,700, HTN decreased by 1% to VND9,820, PHC decreased by 0.7% to VND6,050 and VCG decreased by 0.6% to VND17,600.

The real estate group also faced fierce selling pressure when QCG decreased by 3.2% to VND6,620, VRE decreased by 1.4% to VND17,950, VHM decreased by 1.2% to VND36,000 and VIC decreased by 0.2% to VND42,000.

Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange today recorded nearly 697 million shares successfully transferred, equivalent to a transaction value of VND16,387 billion. The matched volume decreased by 200 million shares compared to the previous session, while the transaction value decreased by VND5,010 billion.

The large-cap basket contributed to liquidity of more than VND8,414 billion, equivalent to nearly 259 million shares successfully transferred. Of which, FPT ranked first in terms of transaction value with more than VND1,221 billion (equivalent to 10 million shares). The following stocks were VNM with nearly VND732 billion (equivalent to 10.3 million shares) and MBB with more than VND552 billion (equivalent to 23.7 million shares).

Foreign investors maintained their net buying status for the second consecutive session. Specifically, foreign investors today disbursed more than VND2,074 billion to buy 62.5 million shares, while only selling more than 49 million shares, equivalent to VND1,331 billion. The net buying value accordingly reached VND743 billion, more than 12 times higher than yesterday's session.

Foreign capital flows focused on disbursing into VNM shares with a net value of more than VND300 billion. MSN ranked next in terms of attracting foreign capital flows with a net purchase value of more than VND61 billion. Meanwhile, foreign investors sold heavily VIX shares with a net value of more than VND44 billion, VHM about VND40 billion and DXG more than VND34 billion.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/vn-index-tang-gan-10-diem-nho-dong-von-ngoai-d221500.html