VN-Index drops by large-cap stocks at week’s beginning

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) fell by 32.15 points to close at 931.75 points on May 28.
VN-Index drops by large-cap stocks at week’s beginning ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi MinhStock Exchange (HoSE) fell by 32.15 points to close at 931.75 points on May 28.

On the day, more than 291 million shares were traded on the bourse, worth over 6.05trillion VND (over 264.6 million USD).

In the large-cap stock group, only Vingroup (VIC) saw a rise. The worstdecliners were CTG and GAS, while BVH, MSN, SAB, VCB, VNM reported a drop of between1,000 VND (0.044 USD) - 4,000 VND (0.18 USD) per share.

In the VN30 basket, 28 codes saw declines, no code ended flat and two others advanced.

The VN30-Index, measuringthe 30 largest stocks by market capitalisation on the HOSE, experienced a drop of 38.32 points to 898 points. There were74 million units traded on the market, worth 2.79 trillion VND (over 122million USD).

On the northern bourse, the HNX-Index declined 7.11points to end at 107.37 points.  A total of 69 million shares were tradedon the Hanoi Stock Exchange for 1.02 trillion VND (over 44.6 million USD).

The UPCoM Index on the Unlisted Public CompanyMarket (UPCoM) lost 2.04 points to close at 51.1 points. Nearly 22 millionshares were traded at a value of 278 billion VND (12.16 million USD).-VNA
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