The VN-Index closed at 549 points on Oct. 5, down by 0.73 points, or 0.13 percent, against the previous trading day.

The trading volume at the HCM Stock Exchange sharply fell to 48.06 million shares with a turnover of 2.5 trillion VND (140.4 million USD).

At the Hanoi Stock Exchange, HNX-Index closed with a 1.06 percent drop to 175.39 points.
This northern market witnessed a decrease in half of its market volume, when compared to last Friday’s session that generated a value of 1.1 trillion VND (61.8 million USD) with 28.6 million shares.

Foreigners were net sellers on Oct. 5 and vended a combined 1.6 million shares in both stock exchanges./.