Shares were going down on the two national stock exchanges on February 4's session, driven by declines of blue chips.
With 104 shares rising, 101 falling and 108 closing flat on the HCMStock Exchange, the VN-Index lost 0.22 percent to finish at 482.38points, while half of the top 30 shares lost value, driving the VN30down a more substantial 0.71 percent to 562.077 points.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index also edged down 0.1 percent, closing at 62.93 points.
Trading was modest as just 50 million shares, worth more than 427 billion VND (20.4 million USD), changed hands.
Sai Gon-Hanoi Bank (SHB) was again the most heavily traded stocknationwide with almost 10 million shares exchanged. The shares climbed2.8 percent to 7,300 VND each.
Foreign investors, who werelargely responsible for the market uptrend last week, turned to be netsellers on the two markets on the day. They unloaded a combined 51.74billion VND (2.5 million USSD) worth of shares on both exchanges.-VNA
With 104 shares rising, 101 falling and 108 closing flat on the HCMStock Exchange, the VN-Index lost 0.22 percent to finish at 482.38points, while half of the top 30 shares lost value, driving the VN30down a more substantial 0.71 percent to 562.077 points.
On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index also edged down 0.1 percent, closing at 62.93 points.
Trading was modest as just 50 million shares, worth more than 427 billion VND (20.4 million USD), changed hands.
Sai Gon-Hanoi Bank (SHB) was again the most heavily traded stocknationwide with almost 10 million shares exchanged. The shares climbed2.8 percent to 7,300 VND each.
Foreign investors, who werelargely responsible for the market uptrend last week, turned to be netsellers on the two markets on the day. They unloaded a combined 51.74billion VND (2.5 million USSD) worth of shares on both exchanges.-VNA
