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Large-cap shares drive markets down

The benchmark VN-Index edged down 0.41 percent to close the March 13 session at 586.10 points on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange as large-cap shares had a declining performance.
The benchmark VN-Index edged down 0.41 percent to close the March 13session at 586.10 points on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange as large-capshares had a declining performance.

The VN30, which tracksthe top 30 shares by market value and liquidity, decreased by 0.53percent to end at 616.94 points, with losers outnumbered gainers by 18to 4.

Bank shares, including Vietinbank (CTG) and the Bankfor Investment and Development of Vietnam (BID), continued to improvetheir performances, gaining 1.06 and 1.09 percent in share prices andhad total trading volumes of 2.38 and 2.43 million shares, respectively.

However, the declining performances of other large-capshares were the main force dragging the market down. Vietnam DairyProducts Joint Stock Company (VNM), PetroVietnam Gas Joint StockCorporation (GAS) and Ma San Group Corporation (MSN)'s share price inturn decreased by 0.92 percent, 1.92 percent and 0.57 percentrespectively. Meanwhile, FLC Group (FLC), the most active code with 27.3million shares traded, increased 1.71 percent to finish at 11,900 VND ashare.

Overall trading on HCM City's exchange rose by 17percent to close with 97.2 million shares, worth nearly 1.6 trillion VND(76 million USD), changing hands, an increase of 14.3 percent over theprevious session.

On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index saw a decrease of 0.17 percent to close the session at 85.72 points.

Markettrading volume slightly pushed up by 1.64 percent to 30.9 millionshares, but the trading value decreased by 3.4 percent to 424 billionVND (20.2 million USD). KLF Joint Venture Global Investment Co (KLF) andF.I.T Investment Co (FIT) remained the most heavily-traded stocks herewith 3.7 and 2 million shares traded on each code, respectively. Bothended flat, at 10,600 VND a KLF share and 18,000 VND a FIT share.

However,foreign investors suddenly increased their net selling value by nearlyfive times the previous session. They remained net sellers in bothmarkets, with net selling value of 54.4 billion VND (2.6 million USD)worth of shares.-VNA
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