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Vietnamese stock market rose in the afternoon session after morning volatility. At the close on April 20, the VN-Index rose nearly 20 points to 1,837 points, led by the Vingroup group. However liquidity did not broaden, as the total matched value on the HoSE was about 18 trillion dong. In foreign trading, this group turned to net-sell 629 billion dong across the market. Specifically: On HOSE, foreigners net-sold 605 billion dong. On the buy side, foreigners bought SSI around 136 billion, followed by MWG about 133 billion, FPT about 105 billion, VHM about 88 billion and MSN about 73 billion. On the sell side, the selling pressure concentrated strongest on VIC with about 879 billion dong. The next heaviliy sold codes were VPB about 138 billion, BSR about 53 billion, CMD about 45 billion and BID about 41 billion.
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