The HCM Stock Exchange closed at 600.14 points on July 25, with the VN-Index giving up nearly 2 points, or 0.32 percent.
The decline, mainly of blue chips, dragged the market down as only four of the top 30 shares by market value and liquidity advanced while up to 23 stocks tumbled.
Many shares rose in the morning but fell in the afternoon. Among these were, FPT Corp (FPT) down 1.9 percent, Hoa Phat Group (HPG) down 1.7 percent and Masan Group (MSN) down 1.6 percent. Vinamilk (VNM) went down by 0.7 percent.
The VN30 was down 0.72 percent to end at 641.96 points.
Trading was good with nearly 100 million shares and fund certificates worth 1.68 trillion VND (79.6 million USD) exchanged by the end of the session, up 10 percent over July 24's value.
Real estate FLC Group (FLC) again led the market in terms of volume with 13.4 million shares, rising 0.8 percent to close at 12,600 VND a share.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index widened this week's loss by another 1.23 percent to end at 79.43 points.
The HNX30 also dived 2.12 percent to close at 159.09 points.
Trading decreased against July 24 as the market volume fell 10 percent to nearly 41 million shares worth over 521 billion VND (24.7 million USD), down 15 percent from the previous session.
PetroVietnam Construction Corp (PVX) was the most active code on total trades of nearly 4 million shares, closing flat at 4,400 VND per share.
Foreign investors remained net buyers on both markets on the day but their net buy values halved on the previous day, totalling nearly 56 billion VND (2.7 million USD).-VNA
The decline, mainly of blue chips, dragged the market down as only four of the top 30 shares by market value and liquidity advanced while up to 23 stocks tumbled.
Many shares rose in the morning but fell in the afternoon. Among these were, FPT Corp (FPT) down 1.9 percent, Hoa Phat Group (HPG) down 1.7 percent and Masan Group (MSN) down 1.6 percent. Vinamilk (VNM) went down by 0.7 percent.
The VN30 was down 0.72 percent to end at 641.96 points.
Trading was good with nearly 100 million shares and fund certificates worth 1.68 trillion VND (79.6 million USD) exchanged by the end of the session, up 10 percent over July 24's value.
Real estate FLC Group (FLC) again led the market in terms of volume with 13.4 million shares, rising 0.8 percent to close at 12,600 VND a share.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index widened this week's loss by another 1.23 percent to end at 79.43 points.
The HNX30 also dived 2.12 percent to close at 159.09 points.
Trading decreased against July 24 as the market volume fell 10 percent to nearly 41 million shares worth over 521 billion VND (24.7 million USD), down 15 percent from the previous session.
PetroVietnam Construction Corp (PVX) was the most active code on total trades of nearly 4 million shares, closing flat at 4,400 VND per share.
Foreign investors remained net buyers on both markets on the day but their net buy values halved on the previous day, totalling nearly 56 billion VND (2.7 million USD).-VNA
