VN-Index decreased for 4 consecutive sessions, foreign investors still aggressively "dumped"

In yesterday's sharp decline, the real estate group was a bright spot as most stocks fell. Opening this morning, the upward momentum continued in this group with the participation of many big names such as VRE, VIC, VHM CEO, PDR and TCH.

Notably, steel stocks jumped strongly after the Ministry of Industry and Trade received a request to apply anti-dumping measures on hot-rolled steel imported from China and India. Notably, NKG hit the ceiling, while HPG, HSG, POM, HPG, and VGS also increased positively.

At the end of the morning session on March 19, VN-Index increased by 2.78 points, equivalent to 0.22% to 1,246.34 points. The entire floor had 235 stocks increasing and 194 stocks decreasing.

VN-Index performance on March 19 (Source: FireAnt).

Entering the afternoon session, cautious buying pressure caused the main indices to fluctuate slightly around the reference, ending the session with a slight decrease under pressure from the securities and banking groups.

At the end of the trading session on March 19, VN-Index decreased by 1.1 points, equivalent to 0.09% to 1,242.46 points. The entire floor had 216 stocks increasing, 242 stocks decreasing, and 84 stocks remaining unchanged.

HNX-Index decreased 0.51 points to 236.16 points. The entire floor had 86 stocks increasing, 85 stocks decreasing and 85 stocks remaining unchanged. UPCoM-Index increased 0.28 points to 90.6 points. In the VN30 basket alone, 16 stocks decreased.

The duo VCB and BID led the market's momentum when they took away a total of nearly 1.3 points. Other codes in the banking group also ended the session in red, such as VPB, EVF, ACB, TPB, VIB, OCB, VBB, although the decrease was only less than 1%. On the positive side, there were still some codes that increased points, such as EIB, STB. SHB . HDB, MSB,...

Continuing yesterday's negative trend, today's session saw red continue to dominate the stock market. Only a few codes remained green, namely HCM, AGR, APS, CTS, DSC, BVS, TVB.

Meanwhile, the two codes VHM and VIC of Vingroup led the market's increase, contributing a total of 1.7 points. On the contrary, the code VRE of the family was in the top 3 stocks that negatively affected the market after the information that Vingroup Corporation issued a Board of Directors' Resolution on the divestment of capital by the Corporation and its subsidiaries.

Stocks that move the market.

The total value of matched orders in today's session was VND26,903 billion, down 56%, of which the value of matched orders on the HoSE floor reached VND21,649 billion, down 50%. In the VN30 group, liquidity reached VND7,638 billion.

Foreign investors net sold for the 6th consecutive session with a value of 872.8 billion VND today, of which this group disbursed 2,189 billion VND and sold 3,062 billion VND.

The codes that were sold strongly were FUEVFVND fund 452 billion VND, SSI 159 billion VND, VRE 85 billion VND, VPB 79 billion VND, PVD 75 billion VND,... On the contrary, the codes that were mainly bought were VIC 195 billion VND, NKG 88 billion VND, PLX 73 billion VND, HDC 46 billion VND, FRT 42 billion VND,.... .

Source: https://www.nguoiduatin.vn/vn-index-giam-4-phien-lien-tiep-khoi-ngoai-van-manh-tay-xa-hang-a654852.html