The VN-Index declined by another 2.34 percent on August 10 session at 461.67 points, with 86 percent of codes on the HCM Stock Exchange lighting up in red by the end of the day.

Despite the slumping share values, the overall value of trades rose by 34.4 percent over August 9’s total to 1.6 trillion VND (84.2 million USD), on a volume of 56.5 million shares. Sacombank (STB) was the most-active share, with 2.15 million changing hands.


On the Hanoi Stock Exchange on August 10, the HNX-Index also shed 2.85 percent to close at 137.85 points. The value of trades totalled 952.8 billion VND (50.1 million USD) on a volume of 38.5 million shares.

Market oberservers noted that about 350 billion VND (18.4 million USD) was injected into the market in the final 15 minutes of the session, helping cushion the market fall./.