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Major Vietnamese equities rebounded at the start of March 10 after a sharp intraday decline earlier, when oil prices surged. The VN-Index moved to around 1,720 points before fluctuating and ultimately closing higher.
VN-Index closed up 23.94 points (1.46%) at 1,676.73. Foreign investors contributed positively, with a net buy of about 1,078 billion dong.
Brokerage houses’ proprietary trading turned net sellers, totaling 360 billion dong on HOSE.
On the buy side, MBB and ACB were net buyers of 41 billion and 32 billion dong, respectively. Other net purchases included FRT (17), VCB (15), VIX (12), VTP (11), GAS (11), FUEMAVND (10), VCI (10) and NLG (9) billion dong, all bought robustly by proprietary traders.
On the selling side, the largest net sellers among brokerages were FPT (-76), MSN (-67), VIC (-34), VNM (-27) and VCG (-26) billion dong. Other notable net sellers included HPG (-24), LPB (-21), DGC (-21), SHB (-21) and VPB (-20) billion dong.
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