VN-Index close to 800 points after big fall

The VN-Index at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HoSE) saw a strong decrease of 32.17 points to finish the January 15 trading session at 808.83 points.

A total of 10 million shares worth 900 billion VND were traded during the session.

Blue chipper Binh Dinh Mining (BMC) suffered the biggest loss by losing 13,000 VND per unit, followed by Kinh Do Food Corporation (KDC) and Binh Minh Plastic (BMP) with 8,000 VND and 7,000 VND declines, respectively.

The session saw a total 117 stocks fall, of which 101 suffered dips to their floor prices.

The VN-Index is forecast to dip below the 800-point mark from now to the Lunar New Year (which falls on early February) unless suitable measures are worked out.

In Ha Noi, the HaSTC-Index had declined by 9.88 points to end at 265.8 points with 3.4 million shares worth 254 billion changing hands.

VNA

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