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The market opened with an upward gap at the start of trading, targeting around the 1,870-point level, after a prior session of gains amid thinning liquidity. Selling pressure increased further toward the end of the afternoon session. At the close, the VN-Index fell 3.63 points, or 0.20%, to 1,833.38.
Foreign trading was negative, with a net outflow of about 421 billion dong. Securities firms’ proprietary trading desks, however, bought a net 19 billion dong.
Within proprietary trading, the largest net sell was recorded at FUEVFVND, at -295 billion dong. This was followed by HPG (-72), STB (-38), VIC (-13) and VNM (-8) billion dong. Other stocks also saw net selling, including VRE and TPB at -7, VIB (-5), and HCM and VCI (-4) billion dong.
On the buy side, KBC was the strongest net buyer with 67 billion dong. It was followed by MWG (63), PNJ (39), FPT (32), MBB (28), and GMD (23) billion dong. BID and ACB were both at 20 billion dong, while VPB (19) and HDB (15) billion dong.
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