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Falling shares defy investor optimism

It was expected that shares on December 19 would continue to rally following the previous day’s gains, along with the overnight rise of global oil prices and important indexes, but the reverse has occurred.
It was expected that shares on December 19 would continue to rallyfollowing the previous day’s gains, along with the overnight rise ofglobal oil prices and important indexes, but the reverse has occurred.

Trading at the end of the session disappointed investors, as a large number of shares were sold.

In fact, nearly 300 listed codes decreased, while only 90 codesincreased in value. In terms of sectors, almost all tumbled, except forinformation technology, communications and minerals. The fastestdeclining sectors included real estate, banking and securities.

The most heavily traded stocks were Sacombank (STB), Saigon Securites(SSI), property developer FLC Group (FLC) and retailer KLF (KLF), eachseeing 15 to 29 million shares changing hands.

Meanwhile,others stocks managed to add value, such as construction firm Becamex(IJC), food processor Hung Vuong (HVG) and subsidiaries of oil and gasgiant PetroVietnam.

Meanwhile, on the HCM City Stock Exchange, on December 19, the VN-Index closed down 1 percent to 523.09 points.

Also, trading values soared from 2 trillion VND (93.9 million USD) onDecember 18 to almost 3.7 trillion VND (173.7 million USD) as 180.8million shares were exchanged.

The VN30 Index declined to 570.61 points, losing 1.43 percent, as 23 out of 30 blue chips tracked by the index tumbled.

Additionally, financial group Bao Viet (BVH), Vinh Son – Song HinhHydropower (VSH) and Vietcombank (VCB) bottomed out, while SaigonSecurities (SSI), Ocean Group (OGC), Eximbank (EIB) and Da Nang Rubber(DRC) also fell rapidly.

On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index dropped 1.67 percent to 81.32 points.

The total transaction value and volume reached 810.5 billion VND (38 million USD) and 65.8 million shares, respectively.

Also, the HNX30 Index declined by a higher rate – 2.55 percent – to157.52 points, while foreign investors strongly extended their netselling value to 286.4 billion VND (13.45 million USD) on December 19.-VNA
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