After the lunch break, the stock market was still in the red. At its peak, the VN-Index dropped sharply by more than 60 points. Specifically, at 2:38 p.m., the VN-Index fell 66.14 points (equivalent to 4.25%) to 1,494.13 points, far from the 1,500-point mark.
The entire HoSE floor had 311 stocks decreasing, more than 8 times higher than the 38 stocks increasing. In the VN30 basket, there were 29 stocks decreasing and only one stock remaining unchanged. The VN30-Index decreased by 76.94 points (4.54%) to 1,616.03 points.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index fell 7.95 points (3.01%) to 254.67 points. The UpCom-Index fell 2.31 points to 104.67 points.
Previously, at the opening of the morning session on July 29, the VN-Index maintained an excited state and increased by 7 points, reaching nearly 1,565 points. However, at around 9:30 a.m., the VN-Index suddenly reversed and continuously widened its decrease range. The main reason was that investors took advantage of the opportunity to take profits.
The selling pressure caused the market to fall more than 30 points at one point, down to 1,526 points. The VN30-Index, representing the large-cap basket, at one point lost nearly 40 points, with a series of stocks falling in price, including many large-cap stocks such as VHM, VJC, VIC, SSI, MWG, and BCM.
Market liquidity increased rapidly. After only 90 minutes of opening, more than 1 billion shares were successfully matched, equivalent to nearly 27,000 billion VND.

VN-Index dropped more than 20 points. (Screenshot)
At the end of the morning session, VN-Index decreased by 23.81 points (1.53%) to 1,533.61 points. Thus, not only did it lose the all-time high it had just set yesterday, but the index also temporarily lost the record it had set three years before 2022.
The entire HoSE recorded 258 stocks falling, more than 3 times higher than the 75 stocks rising. The large-cap basket was similar with 26 stocks falling, only 4 stocks rising. The VN30-Index fell 29.88 points (1.76%) to 1,665.75 points.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index fell 1.18 points (0.45%) to 262.61 points. The entire exchange had 109 stocks falling, 49 stocks rising and 53 stocks remaining unchanged. The UpCom-Index fell 0.63 points to 106.31 points.
Regarding liquidity, in the morning session, more than 1.6 billion shares were successfully matched, equivalent to a total transaction value of more than 40,000 billion VND.
Among the blue chips, only VNM, STB, GAS increased slightly and VIB increased by 2.7%. Most of the remaining stocks decreased slightly, except SSI and HDB, which decreased by more than 4.5% to VND34,200 and VND27,150. Next, TPB decreased by 3.7% and MBB decreased by 3.1%. The codes BID, MSN, MWG, VJC, LPB, VRE, VHM decreased by 2% to nearly 3%. Meanwhile, small and medium-sized stocks that went against the market trend such as PET, ADS, C47, CDC, DLG all ended the session at the ceiling price.
Source: https://vtcnews.vn/vn-index-lao-doc-khong-branh-mat-hon-66-diem-ar956851.html
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