Retail and chemical stocks shine

After yesterday's more than 15-point drop, VN-Index opened the first trading session of February in light green. Strong cash flow into the market helped green dominate.

Plastic and chemical production stocks accelerated with the lead of GVR hitting the ceiling, DGC up 0.11%, DCM up 1.42% and DPM up 0.31%. Following closely behind were the information technology and retail groups.

At the end of the morning session on February 1, VN-Index increased by 6.81 points, equivalent to 0.58% to 1,171.12 points. The entire floor had 258 stocks increasing and 160 stocks decreasing. HNX-Index increased by 1.05 points to 230.23 points. UPCoM-Index increased by 0.23 points to 87.92 points.

VN-Index performance on February 1 (Source: FireAnt).

Entering the afternoon session, thanks to the buying force, the positivity spread more widely, the electronic board was filled with green.

At the end of the trading session on February 1, VN-Index increased by 8.71 points, equivalent to 0.75% to 1,173.02 points. The entire floor had 270 stocks increasing, 177 stocks decreasing, and 111 stocks remaining unchanged.

HNX-Index increased by 1.4 points to 230.57 points. The entire floor had 76 stocks increasing, 63 stocks decreasing and 84 stocks remaining unchanged. UPCoM-Index increased by 0.33 points to 88.02 points. In the VN30 basket alone, 17 stocks increased in price.

The chemical group continued to shine under the leadership of the “big brother” GVR when it hit the ceiling and contributed more than 1.5 points to the general index. AAA shares also increased to the maximum limit, in addition, DCM, APH, PHR, HCD, DGC, DPM, DPR, DDV codes also increased positively.

Purple also bloomed in the technology group, notably ELC, SGT, SBD. Besides,FPT also increased by 4.3%, SRA increased by 2.8%. The trio of retail stocks MWG, DGW, FRT also ended the session in green, pulling the group index up.

Positivity covered most real estate stocks in terms of both score and cash flow, for example, DIG increased by 1.1% and matched 16 million units, TCH increased by 3.41% and matched 14.5 million units, KBC increased by 3.64% and matched 9 million units, ITA increased by 4.69% and matched 8 million units.

Codes that affect the market.

The total value of orders matched in today's session reached 17,161 billion VND, down 37% compared to yesterday's session, of which the value of orders matched on the HoSE floor reached 15,278 billion VND, down 35%. In the VN30 group, liquidity reached 5,653 billion VND.

Foreign investors net bought for the third consecutive session with a value of 61.27 billion VND, of which this group disbursed 1,504 billion VND and sold 1,442 billion VND.

The codes that were mainly bought were PNJ 293 billion VND, HPG 61 billion VND, MWG 57 billion VND, IDC 18 billion VND, CTG 17 billion VND, etc. On the contrary, the codes that were pushed to sell strongly were VHM 72 billion VND, VRE 49 billion VND, VIC 48 billion VND, BID 47 billion VND, FUEVFVND fund 31 billion VND, etc.

Source: https://www.nguoiduatin.vn/co-phieu-ban-le-hoa-chat-toa-sang-a648392.html