Illustrative image. (Photo: laodong.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s VN-Index surpassed the 1,480benchmark for the first time, reaching 1,481.91 points on November 18 morning.
The trading volume obtained more than 650.1 million units,equivalent to more than 20.4 trillion VND (900 million USD). About 212 stocks havetheir price increase while 242 other saw their prices decrease and 39 stocks ofstable price.
The HNX-Index gained 4.82 points to 167.77 withtrading value reaching more than 103 million units, equivalent to nearly 2.6trillion VND while UPCOM-Index increased 0.92 points to 113.13 with tradingvalue hit over 83.4 million units, equivalent to nearly 1.7 trillion VND.
The market went up, but the group oflarge-cap stocks showed signs of decline. TheVN30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 12 tickers in thegreen and 15 tickers in the red. The VN30-Index also dropped 2.3 pointsto 1,517.28 points.
Steel-related stocks also witnessed negative developmentwith widespread red colour. Specifically, HPG, HSG, POM, TLH, SMC, VIS were allon the bearish trend.
“The heating pressure” is still going on in the midand small caps. Specifically, many stocks in the group of real estate stocks reachedtheir peaks such as HAR, ITA, QCG, SGR and TLD.
Notably, all securities stocks were on theupwards trend. Of which, SSI, VIG, VIX increased to the ceiling price. The restof the codes also had a large gain, many ticking close to the ceiling price.
However, foreign investors maintained sellingstocks. Specifically, this group sold 242.6 billion VND on HOSE, more than 13billion VND on HNX and just bought more than 7 billion VND on UPCOM./.
