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During today’s trading session on April 22, 2026, VIC stock rose to its daily limit up at 207,200 dong per share, pushing VinGroup's market capitalization above 1.6 quadrillion dong. This is the highest market capitalization ever on Vietnam's stock market and a new record for the company itself. The positive movement in VIC also boosted the wealth of VinGroup chairman Pham Nhat Vuong by about $2.7 billion over 24 hours. Vuong's fortune is valued at around $34 billion, ranking 67th on the world’s billionaire list. However, because of VinGroup's significant influence, the HoSE market finished green on the surface but red at heart, with 194 decliners and only 111 advancers. The banking group saw several large-cap stocks selling off, such as STB, HDB, ACB, BID, MBB, VCB and LPB, with declines ranging from 0.3% to 2%. In contrast, only a subset of these stocks rose, such as MSB, TCB, VIB. Likewise, the securities sector faced broad selling pressure with VCK, VCI, VPX, SSI, VND all closing below the reference. AGR was a rare gainer in the group, up 0.7%. In the oil and gas sector, leading stocks like GAS, BSR, PLX, PVD fell 1–3%. On the HoSE, foreign selling for the session totaled around 107 billion dong across the market, with HoSE foreign net sales around 98 billion dong, equivalent to about 16.7 million shares. In the HNX, foreigners sold more than 4.2 billion dong, with PVS the largest net seller at 12.3 billion. Other top net sellers included HUT (5.9 billion), CEO (3.9 billion), NTP (2.8 billion), MBS (1.1 billion). In UPCoM, foreigners net sold 4.9 billion. Read more.
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