VN-Index dips below 800 point mark
The Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HoSE) suffered a big loss after its VN-Index dropped 33.5 points to finish at 782.6 points at the end of the February 18 trading session.
More than 14 million shares, worth over 1 trillion VND, changed hands.
Most of listed shares went down to floor prices, including blue chips like Binh Dinh Minerals (BMC), Tay Ninh Cable Tour (TCT) , North Kinhdo (NKD), Hau Giang Pharmaceuticals (DHG) and FPT Corp. (FPT).
Only four stocks recorded increases, namely SAF of the Safoco Foodstuff JSC, SGC of the Sa Giang Import-Export Corp., TMS of the Transforwarding & Warehousing JSC and VGP of the Vegetexco Port JSC.
Meanwhile, the Ha Noi Securities Trading Centre’s HaSTC-Index closed at 269.7 points after declining 12.38 points against the previous session. Around 4.4 million shares, worth over 332 billion VND, were traded.
Up to 118 out of 127 listed shares saw decline while five rallied for gains and four remained unchanged.
VNA
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