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After a record-setting session, the market saw a substantial profit-taking pullback at the open on May 8. However, active demand quickly returned in the large-cap segment, helping stabilize trading and support the overall index.
By the close, the VN-Index finished at 1,915.37, up 6.36 points, or 0.33%.
Foreign investors’ activity was negative overall, with net sales of about 916 billion dong.
Meanwhile, brokerage houses’ proprietary trading shifted to net selling, recording a net selling value of 25 billion dong.
Within proprietary trading, the largest net selling pressure was recorded at MSN (-47 billion dong). This was followed by TCB (-25 billion dong), ACB and GEX (-24 billion dong each), VCB (-13 billion dong) and VIC (-11 billion dong).
Other stocks also faced selling pressure, including SSI (-10 billion dong), LPB (-8 billion dong), BID (-6 billion dong) and VIB (-5 billion dong).
On the buying side, VNM was the strongest net buyer at 29 billion dong. It was followed by CTG and KDH at 20 billion dong each, STB and VHM at 19 billion dong each, and HDB at 12 billion dong.
Additional net buying included MWG (11 billion dong), VPX (8 billion dong), and VPI and E1VFVN30 (7 billion dong each).
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