Market Pulse 17/04/2026: Foreign investors resume net buying in the Large-Cap group as VN-Index fluctuates around 1,815 points

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Foreign investors resumed net buying in Vietnam’s Large-Cap segment as the VN-Index fluctuated around the 1,815-point level. At the close, the VN-Index fell 2.66 points (-0.15%) to 1,817.17, while the HNX-Index rose 3.51 points (+1.37%) to 260.

Market performance and breadth

Market breadth was slightly positive, with 432 advancers and 362 decliners. In the VN30 basket, 19 stocks rose, 10 declined, and 1 closed unchanged.

Liquidity eased from the prior session. Matched trading on the VN-Index reached over 632 million shares, worth more than 20.4 trillion dong. On the HNX-Index, trading totaled over 63 million shares, worth more than 1.1 trillion dong.

Cause and intraday development

The VN-Index opened the afternoon session with strong choppiness, and sellers maintained the edge, pulling the index back by the session’s end. In terms of index impact, VHM, VIC, VPL and LPB were the most negative contributors, subtracting more than 10.47 points from the index. Conversely, MWG, GVR, VPB and BSR stayed in positive territory and helped add 5.17 points.

In contrast, the HNX-Index showed a more positive trend, supported by KSF (+9.31%), PVI (+1.17%), PVS (+1.04%) and KSV (+0.43%).

Sector rotation and key movers

The energy sector recorded the strongest gain on the market, up 2.49%, led by BSR (+3.49%), PLX (+2.17%), PVS (+1.04%), PVD (+1.22%), OIL (+0.68%) and PVT (+2.35%). Information technology and telecom services followed, rising 2.38% and 1.71%, respectively. Notable performers included FPT (+2.56%), CMG (+0.88%), ELC (+0.84%), HPT (+0.39%), SBD (+5.63%), VGI (+1.19%), FOX (+5.23%), CTR (+0.46%), YEG (+0.49%) and FOC (+0.15%).

On the downside, the real estate sector declined 1.3%, weighed by VIC (-0.74%), VHM (-5.17%), VRE (-3.38%), CRV (-1.19%) and KDH (-0.95%).

Foreign flows

Foreign investors turned net buyers across all three exchanges, with net buying value of 79.66 billion dong. Buying was concentrated in VIC (234.79 billion dong), MWG (182.97 billion dong), MSN (98.89 billion dong) and FPT (62.79 billion dong).

On the HOSE, foreigners were net buyers again, while on the HNX foreign investors were net sellers (about 43 billion dong). Major sell-offs on HNX included CEO (32.96 billion dong), KSF (6.55 billion), SHS (4.46 billion) and IDC (3.78 billion).

Intraday snapshots

90-minute update: Around 10:30, the VN-Index was up 12.5 points to 1,832.44, while the HNX-Index rose 4.69 points to 261.18. Most VN30 components traded in green, led by MWG (+10.13 points), FPT (+6.76), MSN (+4.01) and VIC (+2.69). Technology and telecom services remained strong, with IT names such as FPT (+4.32%), CMG (+2.11%), ELC (+1.12%) and VEC (+1.17%) contributing to gains. The media/telecom services group also advanced, including VGI (+2.37%), FOX (+2.49%) and CTR (+0.81%). Energy stocks were broadly higher, with BSR (+1.74%), PLX (+2.56%), PVS (+1.83%), PVD (+0.46%), PVT (+1.88%) and PVP (up 6.6%).

Opening: At 9:30, the VN-Index rose more than 15 points to around 1,835, while the HNX-Index gained about 4.4 points to around 260.96. Real estate led the early upside, with VHM up 0.49%, VIC up 3.8%, CEO up 1.14% and KSF up 9.96%. Technology stocks also rebounded, including FPT up 2.56%, CMG up 1.75% and ELC up 1.12%. Larger-cap names such as MWG, TCB, MSN and VCB contributed to early gains.