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The Vietnamese stock market posted a subdued session in the afternoon of May 11 as a number of blue-chip stock groups weakened. At the close, the VN-Index fell nearly 20 points to 1,896, a drop of more than 1%. Liquidity improved with the matching value reaching VND 25.4 trillion. In that context, foreign investors continued net-selling of about VND 1.004 trillion across the market. Specifically: On HOSE, foreigners sold net strongly by about VND 1.019 trillion. In buying, foreigners' strongest net purchases were in BSR at about VND 133 billion. Next were GEE with 101 billion, DCM with 97 billion, GEX with 64 billion and EIB with 43 billion. On the flip side, selling pressure concentrated at VHM with about VND 368 billion. Behind it were FPT with 218 billion, DGC with 189 billion, ACB with 131 billion and TCH with 119 billion. On HNX, foreigners bought net 17 billion. In the buying side, foreigners' top net purchases were PVS with about 27 billion. The following codes in the top net buys were NTP with 4 billion, MBS with 1 billion, while NRC and PVI were bought net below 1 billion. On UPCoM, foreigners sold net nearly 1 billion. In buying, foreigners' strongest net purchases were OIL with about 6 billion, followed by QNS with 5 billion and MPC with 3 billion. The codes VEA and MSR also appeared in the top net purchases, with values of about 1 billion and below 1 billion respectively. On the contrary, ACV was the net-seller strongest with about 17 billion. Other stocks in the top net-sellers included F88, HNG, TTN and TIN, with net selling values all below 1 billion.
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