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Shares slump on both bourses
Shares continued to retreat on both national exchanges after opening this morning's session in positive territory.
The benchmark HNX-Index on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange fell by 1 per cent to conclude at 67.72 points. More than half of listed stocks sank into the red.
Trading value dropped 13.4 per cent against yesterday's figure, totalling just VND234.6 billion (US$11.2 million) on a volume of 23.9 million shares.
Kim Long Securities Co (KLS) was the most heavily traded stock, with more than 2.2 million shares changing hands.
On the HCM Stock Exchange, the VN-Index lost a steeper 1.23 per cent to close at 409.38 points.
Losers outnumbered gainers by 153-67.
Market value inched up 11 per cent to reach VND385.1 billion ($18.4 million), while the volume of trades reached 22.4 million shares.
Of the 10 largest shares by capitalisation, only Eximbank (EIB) and Sacombank (STB) made gains, adding 1.4 and 1.5 per cent respectively.
Becamex Infrastructure Co (IJC) was the most active code in HCM City with 1.4 million shares traded, although it closed down 2 per cent at VND10,000.
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