The breadth of the market backed to the positive territory as 301 stocks inched up and 53 declined. Liquidity extended gains, with the trading value up 13.1 per cent to over VNĐ19.8 trillion (US$780.7 million).
The VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) finished lower at 1,177.4 points, down 12.82 points, or 1.08 per cent. The index gained over 15 points in the previous session, thanks to rising risk appetite.
The downward trend in share prices persisted for four days, reflecting the prevailing pessimistic sentiment surrounding stocks within the securities, construction and real estate sectors.
VietABank and BVBank are going to seek shareholders’ opinions on transferring their stock trading activities from the UPCoM to listing on the stock exchanges.